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      Editor, Online Interview

      11 June 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Austin, TX
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google (Austin, TX) in July 2011

      Interview

      First I spoke to a recruiter. This person, like many recruiters, had no deep understanding of the role and was looking for keywords. Then, I was passed off to a second recruiter for more of an interview and coaching process, and administered a writing test via email. (All of this was by phone.) I was then sent to the Google campus (not in CA) to interview with two different people (in CA), via video conference. The first person had no idea who I was and was totally unprepared. The second person had the job I was interviewing for, and we had a much more productive discussion, but the video hung up right as I was about to ask my questions. No one was available to help with the equipment, nor show me out. When I called the recruiter to tell her our interview had been cut short, she didn't seem concerned and made no offer to let me ask my questions via email or resume the interview. It soured me on the company, for sure.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I'd say the questions asked were the easiest parts of the whole process. If you have good ideas about where the industry/role is heading and passion for the craft of it, it will show.
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