Interview Lessons from How Google Works

Brief notes on the hiring process from the book How Google Works.

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Passions

• Interests and behaviors outside of work
• Looks for wanted and unwanted behaviors; people are often more talkative, open, and the answers are less rehearsed

Life long learner

• Does this person have the ability to learn new skills
• Does this person show grit and determination

Character

• Will this person hurt the culture
• Will this person make ethical decisions
• Fight your own bias

Interesting

• Would you want to be with this person in an airport for 6 hours
• Would you want to run into this person at the bathroom at 3am (Tina Fey)

Job match

• Does this person have the technical experience to do the job
• Do they solve problems