Recording a google interview and uploading it to a google service. Love it.

Hi there, I tried to write down the question and time from the recruiter. Hope this information would help! 2:57 01. Tell me about the current work you're doing? 3:52 02. What specific languages are you working with? 4:07 03. What would you consider your strongest skill? 4:27 04. How do you see youself and your skills? Full stack? Front end? 5:12 05. Are you more of a front end developer? Do you get excited by backend work as well? 5:52 06. How are you with computer science fundamental? 6:17 07. Are you interested in developing that skill more (CS fundamental) ? Are you comfortable being tested in those skills? 7:01 08. What are your favorite types of projects to work on? 8:04 09. Whats important to you in the roles you're in? 8:43 10. Any projects at google you're excited to work on? And thanks Joshua for recording this awesome video, which helps me a lot in preparing the phone interview of Google SE next week!

Maybe it's different for others, but I found that being too honest in an interview doesn't end with good results. They just want to know that you can do the job at a high level, and it's best to make yourself look as efficient and reliable as possible. I learned this by not getting hired when being 100%, thinking it would get me far.

> i have no cs background and can only do front end > MaChInE LeArNiNG SoUnDs CoOl

"If I'm the smartest person in the room, then I'm definitely in the wrong room." I love that line.

That was google's AI on the other end : p

Josh in interviews: *interviews interviewer* Me in interviews: Interviewer: "Tell us about yourself" Me: "Hahaha hahaha"

Just thinking about that person on the other end also recording this and uploading on KZfaq titled "Interviewing a real guy for Google"

He straight took control of the call, nice

I interviewed at Google a while back and it was very similar this. First interview super laid back and relaxed. Nearly everyone passes this interview unless they find a red flag like you won’t relocate. Second interview is an easy fizz buzz ish problem. Reverse a string in place... they also might ask you a question about promises or closure, or hoisting. Easy JavaScript 101 problems. If you make it on site, you’ll need to grind leetcode, cracking the coding interview , algorithms etc to have any chance. You might get lucky and get an easy problem but probably not . Certainly be able to answer basic rest server client architecture type questions

This is a screening call. Not an interview. Still, thanks for sharing. Sure helps a lot.

gum.co/prepsheet - If we can get 100 of those cheat sheets sold - I'll do part two and you can watch me get crushed.

It's interesting to see people from all sorts of backgrounds getting excited about machine learning. I've met webdevs, chemists, photographers even a janitor "getting excited" about AI. You don't get this anywhere else.

I tried to use this strategy in one of my recent interview but the interview went totally the other way. I guess the interviewer didn’t like me trying to take over the interview. At the end of the interview I asked questions about the company and most of his answer were like its my way or the highway. Well, I’m sad and happy at the same time. I’m sad because I didn’t got the job. And, I’m happy because THANK GOD I didn’t got a job in company with a boss like that. It would have been a nightmare.

Google: "wE TrY tO gET aS MuCH DaTa aS PoSSIblE"

watching this just made me realize that I am way to kind at interviews haha

omg you are such a badass!! I find it so useful. I work in recruitment on a daily basis and learning how to code in the evenings/weekends and this helps me to both see how other recruiters talk to candidates and learn how to get a job myself. thank you thank you

I interviewed with this exact woman! It's amazing what they send you video wise to prepare you, it's intimidating.

Having gone through the Google interview process, every coding problem / technical interview question I had made it clear that Google isn't particularly concerned with the various workflows or stacks in which you're most productive, but your ability to conceptualize solutions to problems in terms of CS fundamentals. Efficient solutions to the questions I was asked involved modified breadth-first search, self-balancing trees, search tries, recursions or stacks/queues, etc. No "trivia" type questions, like what color will this HTML element be given these 4 competing CSS rules.

So do you get excited about back end stuff?

I'm going to make a video reaction to this video because theres so many good gems here that I've dropped but people think I'm crazy when I say it. Great video Josh!

I have an upcoming phone interview tomorrow and I'm already sweating.

"Do you get excited by some of the backend work as well?" Lmfaoo

sounds like quite an intimidating interviewing process.

Why do all recruiters sound the same? Like even the swedish ones have the same tone. Good video tho!

Super dope man! I just finished App Academy's coding curriculum and I am now in the Job Search curriculum part of the course and this is all really exciting!

Talking with a company like GOOGLE and saying "No, I don't know --> data

Good job, this was interesting!

This was a phone screening.. the purpose of this call was to make sure that you're not ten years old

5 interviews in 1 day? While I do appreciate that they are very sensitive your time, this seems very intense.

This was super helpful Joshua! I have a screening call next week...you gave me ideas on what to talk about. Thanks!

Advice for anyone watching this now: What I'm about to say sucks but unfortunately it is what it is. These MANGA companies pay anywhere from $180k - $300k TC (or more), so they ask very specific questions and have multiple rounds of interviews to analyze your technical, communication, and behavioral skills. Do NOT be brutally honest about things. If you keep mentioning negatives or talk poorly about prior employers/projects, they probably won't move you onto the next round. You could mention some struggles but they can't be super bad and you definitely need to have positive or great outcomes. People spend months to years preparing for interviews at a MANGA company so you definitely need to have had mapped out answers to questions you'll expect to get. This may even require you to create some believable stories where you can demonstrate core values/principles that the MANGA company follows. You also need to know Data Structures and Algorithms (possibly System Design as well) when you get to the technical interview rounds so make sure you're prepared for this since you'll probably be coding in-front of an experienced Google SWE (or higher position). The Josh today who wouldn't want to work for anyone would definitely laugh and make fun of Google (and the other companies) for all the corporate BS that goes into their interview process (and I would agree as well on that). Edit: Also yes it's nice that a recruiter from these top paying companies reach out to you but they're mostly looking out for themselves. They usually send the same generic message/email to like 100+ people so that if 1 or the few applicants get into the company, it looks better for them and they also get a big fat referral bonus (tech companies sometimes pay a few thousand per referral of a person who gets in and accepts the offer).

Damn man you're too honest, Love it! :D

I interviewed at Google not long ago. The first phone interview with recruiter was similar to this but also has some technical questions where you have answers options, pretty laid-back but it's definitely a filter for completely non-relevant persons. Then you have a screening interview with an engineer and you have to write code, I can say it's a medium difficulty problem (not fizzbuzz or reversing string in place, that's kind of easy), not so easy and not so hard, pretty similar to what you can get from leetcode and cracking the coding interview. The onsite is a real tough, 5 sections: 4 coding and 1 is non-abstract large system design. Coding sections are pretty the same as leetcode can offer but it's more like in an advanced category of algorithms (graphs, dynamic programming and so on) and NALSD was a completely new and challenging experience for me. Btw, there are training sessions before each stage so they give you a hint what to expect and it's very helpful and thoughtful.

7 interviews, I don't know if I want to work at Google now 😂

Awesome video, Josh. Thanks for that! I always found it funny how there are constantly two faces of Google. On one hand there is THE Google. The place where almost everyone wants to work, where there are so many work benefits and everyone is so kind and helpful and friendly. But on the other hand there is THE Google. The place from which a lot of developers are running away, saying they'd never work there again. Not in a million years :)

11:15 that laugh though😂

Due, you're a Front End Developer who ha a lot of experience with the Back-End. They are always looking for a Framework in the Tech Stack these days so say Angular.

Google: “5 interviews on site” Covid: “hold my beer”

I wonder how they react (oops, pun intended) to you saying that you like React and no mention of Angular. It's like having interview with Oracle and saying that you like .NET and C# and no mention of Java. :)

I learned a whole lot just from hearing this conversation.

9:00 There goes his interview down the toilet.

Thank you man, your videos are way more actually helpful and precious rather than those who just say what to expect, appreciate your efforts and help a lot 💪💯👍

Josh, Thank you for sharing this Google interview. The interviewer was very nice and the details you captured from the process were very helpful.

Joshua, you're so calm when you speak! I always get nervous and I feel like they can sense that I'm nervous, and then I don't do well ):

I recently had the first screening interview which was very similar to this, then progressed onto the technical phone interview, was given a moderate / easy question that i had to write code for (in javascript) over a shared google doc, while the interviewer watched me type (not as bad as it sounds). I thought i did poorly but apparently did ok and so progressed onto the final stage (the dreaded full day on site with 5 interviews). That's coming up in 2 weeks. I'll let you know what to expect.

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

These girls are tough. I want one like that

Selling the resources they provided you? That's comical. They give them to EVERY person who even applies for an internship...

lol at mentioning stackoverflow... Not something you want to do. The industry wants to pretend none of us use it even though a lot of people do. Programming for most people is just about knowing the language (i.e. syntax, best practices etc). Only the top % of developers can really think in algorithms all day All these interviews are annoying as hell man, the fact that google has to sort give you a list of places you can use to study is stupid to me. Acing a job interview at google is basically like an exam. It's like studying for the MCAT or something for 4-6 months and then forgetting most of that stuff... With that being said, there are genuinely brilliant programmers who think and live by algorithms but the truth is, in my experience, that most developers are not that

How do you even get an interview at Google? I can study algorithms all I want, but it’s useless if I can’t get the interview.

Funny how she keeps mentioning managing data, machine learning and such, Google love to know what people are doing and want as much data as possible. Honestly Google would be nice to work for on your resume but relocating for them... I just don't know lol.

Just completed my first screening interview with google as well. Went to bootcamp, so lucking the CS side of the interview process and going for front end position (JS as a test language). I don’t even know if it’s even worth spending time working/preparing for that. They told me they have some kind of mock interview so going to do that next month. Let’s see and good luck with yours brother.

the vocal fry is hard in this one.

This has to be insanely helpful for so many people. Thank you for doing this.

What an awesome video Joshua! Thanks for sharing

This is really cool

Josh these are great! Thank you!

So casual like he didn't prepare for it at all

"What type of projects do you like to work on?" "Umm..what do you mean? Like what are my favorite projects to work on?" hahaha, such an awkward interview.

Who's interviewing who here by the way 😂

This Screening was kinda smooth!!

I think it's almost impossible to test a person's skill level by asking them on the phone, so it was good you asked what's the AI project look like. Personally she dives deep into it probably cuz it's the hottest new thing, but boy you can tell she was fishing for something for you to say that she could latch on and say "this guy's the one standout". It's really what these software recruiters r looking for only in these first interviews, the competency of course but mainly any sort of uniqueness you bring, but iunno if they can even qualify to give such judgement at least from her tone and stutter, I guess she did grt a lot out of your personality traits, but technically she was spinning in circles and you were like "aite.." lol EDIT: Btw funny reason I clicked besides I had been recommended by youtube for job interview stuff was in the thumbnail I had u mistaken for connor mcdavid the hockey gaud since I'm Canadian Xd

Cool setup content. Thank you!

Amazing video and super informative!!! I just have one question, what kind of chair do you have? It seems sooooo comfortable and I'm looking for something new. Thanks!

5:00 "Shit, shit, awesome" Google's AI almost crashed there

I dont know why.. but you sounded so casual the whole interview..IDK . I think im just judgmental. But great work! you made google notice your work and That itself is a great accomplishment !!! GOOD LUCK MAN !

The same just happened to me a few days ago :-)

Good luck, man. I would LOVE to have access to some of their technical resources (read supercomputers, data centers, distributed tensor networks, etc), that stuff would be fun to write code for. I don't think the corporate culture would be a good fit for me though.

I only like watching these because I love watching people that are so far above my intelligence level. So dope.

Avicci?

This has been a Godsend. Thanks Joshua!

this vid was great, I wish I would’ve recorded my interviews with google to help some people out

My phone interview with Goog: G: + You'd need to move to one of these HCOL areas to work. We don't support remote workers. Me: I'm not interested in relocating. G: Have a nice day.

Dude the live wallpaper on desktops is just eye catching....how did you do that...? and also thank you for sharing your experience on google interivews

Come to chicago man! I'm literally in the process right now for a generalist (Front End) position. Would be awesome to work with you!

Again with a great video. Thanks for sharing! My technical interview for a Google SE Internship is in 2 weeks :) I'm studying up on algorithms and data structures.

Congrats on the interview, however you seemed very annoyed with the interview like you didn't want to be there. Why is that? I would be very enthusiastic if I was interviewing with google!

Thank you Joshua, you're like big brother advice

Nice interview man..🔥🔥💣

Thanks for the awesome video. Your videos keep me motivated.

Actually a really cool video, well done

Jake was fairly honest and blunt throughout his entire interview. Which to be honest you shouldn't do it works for some people but not everyone. I tend to embellish my experience or fill in gaps and make up a good story. That's what they want to hear. HR or whoever doesn't care about your financial struggles or why you couldn't obtain this credential or got fired.(It will make you look unprofessional and desperate they are people too. It's always best to look for jobs while employed as if you're "taken" and they want you more.) I tend to tell the truth about one thing ( I did get fired from a job recently but instead turned it into I'm looking for a different opportunity something more challenging it didn't turn out the way I thought. Usually, I've gotten to the second interview but then wouldn't do the second interview due to some other issue. Even after the job offer due to covid they might require vaccinations or the jobs really not wfm or they ghosted me. Never ever tell a interviewer you were fired, or that your obtaining credentials unless it's specifically required in the job post and have asked/ don't give more information then requested you will put your foot in your own mouth. This past year 1/2 I've had multiple interviews and 80% success rate but with the pandemic and new flakey and ghosting protocols jobs aren't guaranteed. (At least in my state)

"work" for google as a "contractor" google interview col

you should do a video once you are done with the next steps of interviewing at google as well.

Love these video, very interesting and helpful.

WHO THE HELL YOU KNOW AT GOOGLE JOSHUA YOU TELL ME AND YOU TELL ME NOW!!!!!!

he is a pro in this talking thing lol

Thanks, I was really wondering what to expect. Kind of nervous because I know my algorithm skills are rusty.

she seems like such a sweet person :3

WOOOWW congratz! I remember I stumbled across your video just about a week ago, and as someone who got an awesome job in SF after job applying like crazy after bootcamp, like you, Joshua Fluke, are my hero!

I thought they will talk in a mean kind of strict way

Interviews for google (angularjs) mentions Reactjs (facebook).

Man you should learn a LOOOOOT of things , you are right now what im calling it "Confused Software Engineer" - you have some experience working on FE and maybe some REST endpoints ( copied from stackoverflow) but you don't have a clue how three tier systems work.

Unrelated but is Ethan Hawke related to you? :)

what happened with this interview? we are looking for a follow up. or is there a video that you uploaded again?

Very cool. Thanks for sharing, best of luck to you :)

This was really helpful Josh . Thanks a ton ,, Please post updates on this and any data structures prep which you do in the process . sub++

6:33 - please don't say that to a technical person though. I am an interviewer at work and saying stuff like that just makes you seem incompetent. Experienced developers read docs, they don't read Stackoverflow... We find very often wrong or partially incorrect accepted answers on Stackoverflow, so it should not be your source of information. Stackoverflow is also the reason we find horrible code pushed for review...

Just wondering when will they test your coding skills in depth. Do you first get hired then they fire u if u can't do the job or do they give u a test on the second round of interviews?