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Getting in and out of

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A little video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnZuJePLL_U

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Getting in and out of

My personal take on the subject

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The tough news first

• Google receives over a million CVs a year

• Google hired around 6,000 people in 2011

• That’s 0.6%

• You could be in these 0.6%

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• You could be in these 0.6%

• All of you

How to get into Google – my personal take on the subject – this is NOT official Google position – Michal Bohanes

Work Bio

• Michal Bohanes

• Born in Czech Republic � Austria

• 1997-2003 Vienna University

• 2004-2007 Booz Allen Hamilton• 2004-2007 Booz Allen Hamilton

• 2007-2009 MBA at London Business School

• 2009-now Google

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Why working at Google is pretty

coolGoogle vs start-upGoogle vs other big firms

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• Solving huge problems

• Meeting tech superstars

• Huge resources

• Apolitical, meritocratic

• Entrepreneurial mindset

• No dress code

• No WallysHow to get into Google – my personal take on the subject – this is NOT official Google position – Michal Bohanes

A little challenge

• I have done 17 interviews while at Google

– 11 ☺ (65%)

– 6 � (35%)

• Assume this is representative• Assume this is representative

• Assume the overall acceptance rate at Google

is 0.6%

• What is the chance of getting an interview?

• 0.6%/65% = 0.92%

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Some good news

Once you’re in the interview, you have a good

chance to make it throughchance to make it through

All the more important is the CV

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The four main criteria Google looks for

1. Analytical skills

2. Role-related knowledge

3. Leadership

4. Googliness4. Googliness

(Apart from these, fluency in English and the local language are a must)

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Analytical skills

• The ability to distil a large amount of data into

meaningful information and draw actionable

conclusions from it

• How we look for them in a CV• How we look for them in a CV

• What to do

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Role-related knowledge

• The #1 reason my own referrals were rejected

• “Google is not a good target for job-switchers”

• How we look for it in a CV

• What to do• What to do

• Look up “Google Online Marketing Challenge”

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Leadership

• showing initiative, being able to enthuse

others for something, overcoming obscacles

and pulling a difficult project through to

completioncompletion

• Ideal: Setting up a business


• What to do

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Googliness

• Aspects– Evaluating arguments on their merit

– Being responsive

– Being positive

– Not being political

– Not being hierarchical – Not being hierarchical

– Open to accept feedback and act on it

– Flexible – not dropping the pen at 5:30 sharp

– Think big

– Bias for action

– Fun


• What to do

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CV specifics

• Keep it to one page – less is more

• Bullet points; max 2 lines per bullet

• Achievement-oriented; use data!

• Avoid typos & bad English• Avoid typos & bad English

• Explain all gaps longer than 1 month

• Is there evidence of career progression /

advancement?

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What is the problem here?

• Coordinating and supervising of company’s

corporate image and related graphic components

• Providing liaison with media and advertising

agencies. agencies.

• Building brands through different activities.

• Creating and implementing communication plans.

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To contrast

• Negotiated and closed more than $2M in business, including two-year contracts with Company A and Company B

• Developed and leveraged key relationships • Developed and leveraged key relationships with IBM executives in Europe and the US which led to Premier Partnership with IBM Global Services. Partnership resulted in over $1M in revenue and multiple new name customers

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And finally...

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Next steps

• Go to google.com/jobs and look for positions

in Dublin, London and anywhere else in

Europe (Bratislava won’t have you all)

• Adjust your CV to that specific role and send it • Adjust your CV to that specific role and send it

to me for review [email protected]

• Apply

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Interviewing at Google

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w887NIa_V9w

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Key takeaways

1. Experience trumps everything else

2. Be proactive and DO STUFF – don’t wait for

things to happen

3. Know what you want in life and stick to it –3. Know what you want in life and stick to it –

don’t change your direction every two years

4. Work on your character if needed

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Write me

[email protected]@google.com

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While I am here

• Bring me your CV and I’ll have a look at it

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What’s next?

• Advantages of having worked at Google

– The network

– The name

– The mindset– The mindset

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Thank you!

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Google’s 9 principles of Innovation

©Marissa Mayer

1. INNOVATION, NOT INSTANT PERFECTION

2. IDEAS COME FROM EVERYWHERE

3. A LICENSE TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS

4. MORPH PROJECTS DON'T KILL THEM4. MORPH PROJECTS DON'T KILL THEM

5. SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN

6. USERS, USERS, USERS

7. DATA IS APOLITICAL.

8. CREATIVITY LOVES CONSTRAINTS

9. YOU'RE BRILLIANT? WE'RE HIRING

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