Google Interview (1 of 3): 10 Things (core values and mission)
Summary
TLDRThe script emphasizes the importance of understanding a company's mission and values, specifically Google's, before applying for a job. It highlights Google's mission to organize and make the world’s information accessible, focusing on user-centered innovation. The speaker discusses Google's core principles, including customer obsession, technical expertise, communication, vision, and a higher sense of purpose. Candidates are encouraged to showcase their strengths, be opinionated, and align with Google's values like passion, creativity, and diversity. The advice also touches on preparing for Google's interviews, particularly the behavioral aspects.
Takeaways
- 📌 Understanding a company's mission and values is crucial before applying, as it helps determine cultural fit and informs preparation for interviews and negotiations.
- 📚 Google's mission has remained consistent since 1998: to organize the world’s information and make it more accessible, evident through products like Search, YouTube, Chrome, and Google Cloud.
- 👥 Google’s primary principle is to put the user at the center of everything, highlighting the importance of customer obsession, especially given their ad-based monetization strategy.
- 🛠 Google emphasizes being excellent at one thing, such as search, and doing it extremely well. Applicants should highlight their specific strengths, especially if they have a niche expertise like AI.
- ⚡ Google's focus on speed suggests that applicants should be prepared to dive deep into algorithms and optimizations, showcasing the importance of technical expertise.
- 🗣 Google values strong communication and having an opinion, encouraging candidates to be proactive, take the lead, and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
- 👀 Vision is highly valued at Google, demonstrated by their early prediction of the mobile-first world. Candidates should show that they have foresight and a strategic mindset.
- 🌱 Google's commitment to doing good and their AI principles suggest that a sense of higher purpose and ethical consideration are important motivators for prospective employees.
- 🌍 As an international company with diverse teams, Google values employees who bring creativity, passion, and diverse backgrounds, reflecting this in their work culture and global presence.
- 🎯 Google looks for employees who align with its core values, showing passion, creativity, and a sense of purpose, which is especially relevant for the behavioral aspects of their interviews.
Q & A
Why is it important to study a company's principles and mission before applying?
-Studying a company's principles and mission is important because it helps determine if you are a good fit for the company's culture and provides insight on how to tailor your application and prepare for interviews effectively.
What has been Google's mission since 1998?
-Google's mission since 1998 has been to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
How do Google's major products like Search and YouTube align with its mission?
-Google's major products like Search and YouTube align with its mission by organizing vast amounts of information and making it easily accessible to users around the world.
What is the first and most important principle of Google according to the script?
-The first and most important principle of Google is to put the user at the center of everything they do, emphasizing customer obsession.
How should an applicant highlight their strengths when applying to Google?
-An applicant should over-communicate their strengths, particularly in their areas of expertise, ensuring that these strengths are prominently displayed on their resume and throughout the application process.
What quality is highly valued by Google in terms of technical skills?
-Google highly values the ability to optimize algorithms and develop them efficiently, reflecting their principle that 'fast is better than slow.'
Why is having an opinion and good communication skills important for a Google applicant?
-Having an opinion and good communication skills are important because Google values opinionated individuals and strong communicators, as evidenced by their internal communication systems and HR practices.
What quality did Google demonstrate by predicting the mobile-first world early on?
-Google demonstrated the quality of having vision, which is the ability to foresee and capitalize on future trends, such as the shift to mobile-first technologies.
What higher purpose should motivate potential Google employees according to the script?
-Potential Google employees should be motivated by a sense of doing good and contributing to a higher purpose, which aligns with Google's principles and mission.
What kind of employee does Google look for, as described in the script?
-Google looks for passionate employees from diverse backgrounds who have creative approaches to work, play, and life, and who reflect the company's values and mission in their professional conduct.
Outlines
🔍 Importance of Understanding Google's Principles and Mission
Before applying to any company, especially Google, it's crucial to understand its principles and mission. This helps assess cultural fit and prepares applicants for different stages of the hiring process, from crafting a CV to negotiating an offer. Google's mission has remained consistent since 1998, focusing on organizing the world's information and making it more accessible. Google's key products like Search, YouTube, Chrome, and cloud services align with this mission. The paragraph also introduces 'Google's 10 Things'—a set of guiding principles formulated early in the company's existence.
🎯 Putting Users and Customers at the Center
Google's top priority is putting the user at the center of everything they do, and this user-centric approach extends to their monetization strategy, which involves selling ads. This philosophy highlights 'customer obsession,' a trait shared by other successful online businesses. For applicants, this means emphasizing their core strengths, such as AI expertise, clearly and prominently in their CV. Over-communicating one's strengths, even if it feels redundant, is encouraged. The paragraph emphasizes that Google values technical proficiency, especially in algorithm development and optimization, which are crucial for success in Google's technical roles.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Company Culture
💡Mission
💡Customer Obsession
💡Specialization
💡Fast is Better than Slow
💡Communication
💡Vision
💡AI Principles
💡Higher Purpose
💡Diversity
Highlights
Understanding a company's mission and values before applying is crucial as it ensures cultural fit and offers insight into preparing for interviews and negotiations.
Freelancing is becoming a more common career choice, making it even more important to evaluate company missions for long-term fit.
Google's mission, established in 1998, is to organize the world's information and make it more useful and accessible, reflected in major products like Search, YouTube, and Chrome.
The first of Google's '10 things' emphasizes putting the user at the center of everything, which translates to customer obsession and should be reflected in an applicant's approach.
Specialization is key to success at Google, especially in specific areas like AI. Applicants should highlight their expertise clearly in their CV, especially if AI is their focus.
Google values fast problem-solving and efficiency, so candidates should demonstrate their ability to optimize algorithms and solutions during the interview process.
Google encourages having opinions and taking the lead, especially in communication. Being a strong communicator is highly valued in Google's culture.
Vision is critical at Google, particularly in predicting industry trends like the shift to mobile-first technologies, which helped Google stay ahead of the competition.
Google's principles for developing AI emphasize ethical guidelines, particularly regarding applications in military contexts, showing their commitment to responsible technology.
A sense of higher purpose and doing good is vital at Google. Candidates should show how they are motivated by these values and how it drives their performance.
Google's creative community is one of its strengths. Candidates should demonstrate creativity and innovation in their approach to work.
As a global company, Google values diversity and creative approaches from employees. Candidates should reflect these values in their CV and interviews.
Passion for work and life is key at Google. Reflecting these traits in one's resume and interview responses can improve chances of being hired.
The behavioral interview at Google is strongly influenced by their core values, so candidates should be well-versed in how they align with the company's mission and principles.
Google is excellent at predicting user needs and iterating on solutions. Candidates should emphasize their ability to forecast trends and continuously improve their work.
Transcripts
now before going into details and
explaining about Google's principles and
mission let me explain you why it's
important to study these before applying
it pretty much any company and the first
reason is because there is a possibility
that you may not be a great fit into
into that company's culture which is by
the way not unheard of especially since
nowadays freelancing becomes more and
more of a choice so and the other the
other important reason here to read into
a company's mission values before
applying is because it will give you
lots of interesting insight as to how to
prepare from the moment you write your
CV to the phone interviews all the way
to the to the panel interview on-site
and even while negotiating an offer with
them so this being said googles mission
is actually remained the same since 1998
and that is to organize the world's
information and to essentially make it
more useful now if you look into
Google's largest properties that is
search and YouTube you know that they
actually fit quite well into this
mission by the way also the other
products such as Google's Google's
Chrome and even there their cloud
offerings also fit into this definition
of organizing world's information and
making it more accessible so next I'm
going to go through what Google calls
there are 10 things and they invented
this they wrote this down during the
first years of existence and I'll also
give you my two cents where I find I
find some relevant information for for
somebody that's considering to apply for
a job at Google the first and probably
also the most important one for Google
is to really put the user at the center
of everything they do and I believe that
given their their monetization strategy
here that is to selling ads I believe we
can also extend this a bit by saying
that the
users actually also Google's number one
customer so we can say we can say here
that customer obsession is something is
the main highlight here and it's
actually something that characterizes
all the best
online including online businesses today
Google specialties search so by
specializing them on one thing and doing
it really well is what enabled them to
become such a successful business now in
an HR context what does it mean for you
it means that if you're really good at
one thing be sure for instance AI be
sure that you highlight this wherever
you can include in your CV so for
example if your AI is your thing make
sure that it's it's right on top of the
resume is not just the first item of
some memorization and also it is you
might also consider it as a as a
feasible idea to over communicate what
are your main strengths because although
for you it might sound a bit dumb be in
the beginning it's actually a good idea
to over communicate things to emphasize
them so fast is better than slow it's
obviously a very technical reference to
what Google is really good about but
with respect to to somebody interested
in working at Google I believe the main
highlight here is that you should really
make sure that to really dive deep into
any possible algorithms that they must
might ask you to develop there and be
sure that you can be sure that
optimizations are a very very sought
after quality now whether democracy on
the web works or not I believe that's a
debatable topic now what's in for for an
applicant here I believe that the main
takeaway is to not be afraid to
communicate to take the lead and to have
an opinion because Google actually
values values a lot people with
opinionated people and if you know if
you only Google
you a few Google HR related events in
the recent years you'll notice that
pretty much all of them started using
Google's internal communication system
so being a great communicator here it is
very very important now probably the
main takeaway from this one is is to
have vision because really Google
predicted much better than other tech
giant's the the mobile first world and
they really capitalized that on this one
pretty soon so having a vision is of
course extremely helpful alright so this
one is still pretty much up for debate
at Google and especially since they
become so good at developing AI because
in case you don't know one of the main
applications one of the best
applications of AI is within a military
context and actually this is one of the
many reasons why a CEO sundar Pichai has
also recently launched their principles
for developing AI which is something
that all the same structure of these 10
things now with respect to their getting
the job at Google was the main takeaway
here well it's quite important because
that sense of doing good should serve as
a higher purpose and you should be that
type of person that gets motivated by
these things and performs considerably
better because of this sense of higher
purpose this one is again something
extremely technical and probably the
main highlight is the the creative
nature of the community at Google Google
is an international business and they
have offices around the world and they
are not afraid to emphasize that they
are using pretty much any tool at their
disposal to deliver on the original
mission of organizing the world's
information and probably the main
takeaway here would be to have that
again that sense of a higher purpose and
this this should be the strongest
motivator for you to
to do great things so this one is
probably the most interesting when it
comes to giving you a glimpse into what
Google's Google values the most in
employees and aside from from the dress
code recommendation they also go on to
describe their employees as passionate
people from diverse backgrounds with
creative approaches to work play and
life so is this you does your CV reflect
these these things do you take advantage
of any of these keywords believe this
the information presented in these core
values is fundamental to understanding
and to approaching especially the
behavioral part of Google's interview
which which I'll describe later so this
one should probably go without saying
but Google is actually really good at
predicting what the user wants and
really act about obsessing around that
customer and how they chill did what
they achieve this through continuous
iterations and being really really good
at predicting stuff
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