Alright, can you get me a phone screen? Sorry to ask the question so directly, but I have applied since 2014, and I can't get to the phone screen.
I'd love to be a frontend engineer, UX engineer, creative engineer (I've seen this role at Google, it looks awesome) or a full-stack engineer.
I have:
A bachelor in information science (2012)
A bachelor degree in psychology (2015)
A master in game-design where I learned about Unity3D and C# (2016)
A master in computer science where I learned about cache eviction in GPUs to perform rowhammer via a JavaScript advertizement (2018).
I have done quite a few side projects (not willing to disclose here, email is in my profile). And I have some work experience as a coding bootcamp instructor (1 year, I trained 50 people to become junior web developers at companies like IBM, Capgemini and a top 5 Dutch bank) and a freelance web developer (6 months) and a freelance iOS developer (also 6 months).
I graduated in 2018 and after freelancing for a bit, I took a sabbatical in 2019 (setting up a bar in Thailand with family and friends). When I started looking for jobs in earnest in 2020, Covid started to hit.
I'm practicing algorithms as we speak, I'll be ready in 2 weeks to a month from now. So far I'm facing no difficulties, this stuff is hard work but it's a lot easier than my security courses. Also, algorithms are actually quite fun. There are a few things there that I really want to learn such as a hyper attention to detail. I'm currently training the skill to write a program flawless without bugs from the get go, complete with the fastest time complexity immediately. I know I can get to this level because I'm noticing that for a lot of algorithms just by playing around one can see the best time complexity for it (I find optimizing for the right space complexity a bit harder).
I hope you'll help me with this. If not, and I don't get to a phone screen, well that is my (and many people) their biggest issue. Passing algorithms is not the issue, getting a chance to be interviewed is. I'm a 100% sure I'd rock at the job, as I'm sure that many other people would who didn't get the chance for a phone screen.
I'm from The Netherlands and would love to work in Zurich. I see you work in Zurich as well, I've been to Switzerland quite a few times, it's amazing.
Google teams that I find interesting and want to know more about:
- Google Doodles
- Project zero (though I don't think I'd be able work there since people have a super big track record regarding the security work they do)
- Google Creative Lab
- Google Health
- Google Stadia
- Google Cloud Platform
- Google Brand Studio (though I don't think I'd be able to work there since it's more about people who can shoot beautiful movies)
The most reliable way to get an interview at Google is to pass round 1 in Google code jam. So you need to first do the preliminary round, then get top 1000 in any of the round 1 competitions. That sounds harder than it is, I managed to do it without having taken algorithms courses after a few months of practicing.
If you don't have time to wait for the one next year then when you talk with Google recruiters they care a lot more about your chances to pass the interview than anything else, since they get evaluated by how well you do there. So selling your ability to pass these kinds of questions is a good idea, put everything related to algorithms etc on there. Did you do well in some competition? Have you solved some particularly hard problems? Did you build something impressive? Things like that.
Also be clear that you are open for relocation, specifically to the large hubs like London and Zurich since there are more jobs there. Otherwise the recruiter might look for jobs at your location and see no openings. This almost happened to one of my friends, but he managed to say that he would be fine working in Zurich instead and he got the job and now works there.
> If you don't have time to wait for the one next year then when you talk with Google recruiters
I never got to speak to a Google recruiter. I simply get automated emails that they don't want to go through with me. But if I ever catch a hold of one, I'll apply these tips.
I'd love to be a frontend engineer, UX engineer, creative engineer (I've seen this role at Google, it looks awesome) or a full-stack engineer.
I have:
A bachelor in information science (2012)
A bachelor degree in psychology (2015)
A master in game-design where I learned about Unity3D and C# (2016)
A master in computer science where I learned about cache eviction in GPUs to perform rowhammer via a JavaScript advertizement (2018).
I have done quite a few side projects (not willing to disclose here, email is in my profile). And I have some work experience as a coding bootcamp instructor (1 year, I trained 50 people to become junior web developers at companies like IBM, Capgemini and a top 5 Dutch bank) and a freelance web developer (6 months) and a freelance iOS developer (also 6 months).
I graduated in 2018 and after freelancing for a bit, I took a sabbatical in 2019 (setting up a bar in Thailand with family and friends). When I started looking for jobs in earnest in 2020, Covid started to hit.
I'm practicing algorithms as we speak, I'll be ready in 2 weeks to a month from now. So far I'm facing no difficulties, this stuff is hard work but it's a lot easier than my security courses. Also, algorithms are actually quite fun. There are a few things there that I really want to learn such as a hyper attention to detail. I'm currently training the skill to write a program flawless without bugs from the get go, complete with the fastest time complexity immediately. I know I can get to this level because I'm noticing that for a lot of algorithms just by playing around one can see the best time complexity for it (I find optimizing for the right space complexity a bit harder).
I hope you'll help me with this. If not, and I don't get to a phone screen, well that is my (and many people) their biggest issue. Passing algorithms is not the issue, getting a chance to be interviewed is. I'm a 100% sure I'd rock at the job, as I'm sure that many other people would who didn't get the chance for a phone screen.
I'm from The Netherlands and would love to work in Zurich. I see you work in Zurich as well, I've been to Switzerland quite a few times, it's amazing.
Google teams that I find interesting and want to know more about:
- Google Doodles
- Project zero (though I don't think I'd be able work there since people have a super big track record regarding the security work they do)
- Google Creative Lab
- Google Health
- Google Stadia
- Google Cloud Platform
- Google Brand Studio (though I don't think I'd be able to work there since it's more about people who can shoot beautiful movies)