Interview in google

Chicke

My friend has just been invited to a three hour interview for a managers role in google this week.any hints on these interviews?
One of the interviews is with hr?
What is the dress code?.
Thanks

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mickman

wear a suit - that shoudl be obvious

Chicke

Thanks for the reply.google has casual wear policy so he wasn't sure..anyone any other feedback from google interviews?

penexpers

I wouldn't wear a suit but I wouldn't exactly wear t-shirt and jeans either.

RedXIV

He's going for management role, so to me that would suggest a suit.

petethebrick

Of course he should wear a suit! it's an interview - he doesn't actually work there yet whatever the dress code may be then.

Chicke

Apart from dress code,anyone a y experience of google interviews.
He's going tomorrow

krissovo

I have, I had 6 interviews in total.

The 3rd was my first face to face, I was expected to wear a suit;)

First half was HR, 2nd half was HR & similar level manager.

4th was with Direct report, 1.5 hours

5th was with Direct report and director, 1 hour

6th was a Web cam interview with Director (Ire) & Senior VP in US

Delancey

Jesus , what is it with people these days that they can't engage their brain for 2 seconds ?
I am continually amazed at the number of threads asking what to wear for interview but this one takes the biscuit - someone going for a mangement position and they need to be told to wear a suit :eek:

Rant over - peace , calm and tranquility restored.......

JustAddWater

Delancey wrote: »

Jesus , what is it with people these days that they can't engage their brain for 2 seconds ?
I am continually amazed at the number of threads asking what to wear for interview but this one takes the biscuit - someone going for a mangement position and they need to be told to wear a suit :eek:

Rant over - peace , calm and tranquility restored.......

Actually any interview I ever had, I sussed out what the dress code was and I wore that

If managers wear suits then yeah I'd wear a suit if not then I wouldn't

Ive had an extremely high success rate in interviews and I think a lot of it is to do with first impressions and the fact that if you dress like a worker, you look like a worker and the interviewer sees familiarity in you

George Lazenby got the role of James bond because he looked the part! You can look that up, was reading it in a magazine

So NO it is not automatically a requirement to wear a suit, one interview I went for in a cinema a few years back I was told the suit and formality of it put them off

digiman

I've done an on-site interview in the last couple of months there for an engineering job. Firstly I was told not to wear a suit by the Google recruiter and none of the other guys being interviewed had one either, but we were all dressed smart casual. For a managers role maybe you should wear one but you could just ask the recruiter what is expected and I am sure he would be happy to help.

The interview was very tough and I found each one more difficult than the last. I had 4 interviews that lasted from 45mins to 60mins and they were all technical interviews. Out of the 6 interviews I done, none were HR related at all. It's a very tough process but they really try to get the right people for the job so I can see why they do and also can see why it works for them.

allibastor

i have 2 cousins who work there in managers roles. dont wear a full suit, but a pants, shirt and jacket with the top button open. just leave out the tie to keep it a small bit casual. clean shaven though.

also if your friend said they speak a different language, google have a habitit of putting people in the interview who are fluent in the language to speak to you, so just brush up if thats a situation.

Chicke

Thanks a mill for all the responses. He rang the interviewer just to be safe and as recommended by you,he was told trousers ,jacket,no tie.
Interview went well,now waiting for response

x in the city

krissovo wrote: »

I have, I had 6 interviews in total.

The 3rd was my first face to face, I was expected to wear a suit;)

First half was HR, 2nd half was HR & similar level manager.

4th was with Direct report, 1.5 hours

5th was with Direct report and director, 1 hour

6th was a Web cam interview with Director (Ire) & Senior VP in US

screw that, its about 5 interviews too many for me..

why not interview in bed for interview number #6 while they are at it to see how your REM movement is.

randomer

Delancey wrote: »

Jesus , what is it with people these days that they can't engage their brain for 2 seconds ?
I am continually amazed at the number of threads asking what to wear for interview but this one takes the biscuit - someone going for a mangement position and they need to be told to wear a suit :eek:

Rant over - peace , calm and tranquility restored.......

Googles comment on this is that you can look smart without a suit. You should be dressed so that you are comfortable. You have to remember that google is not a typical company, so fair play to the OP for asking the question.

If someone turned up for an interview at google dressed in a suit it would look very odd, and I think if would make the difficult process of getting hired even more difficult..

I would much rather see someone post a perceived stupid question and be given the correct answer, rather than not ask the question and make the mistake.

randomer

krissovo wrote: »

I have, I had 6 interviews in total.

The 3rd was my first face to face, I was expected to wear a suit;)

First half was HR, 2nd half was HR & similar level manager.

4th was with Direct report, 1.5 hours

5th was with Direct report and director, 1 hour

6th was a Web cam interview with Director (Ire) & Senior VP in US

What type of job was this for? And did you get it? Those interview times look very long. Did you have two on one interviews?