Comments on: Sample Interview Questions From Google and Microsoft http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/ Getting Things Done, Getting Ahead, Getting Through The Day Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Di1cc http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-7894 Di1cc Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:43:00 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-7894 How do you respond to a interviewer that say “In all my career years I have only been out of work for 3 months” (interviewer is well in her 60s), and then she goes on to say “I guess it’s going to take you about 4 or 5 weeks to get up to speed since you have been unemployed for a while”. How do you respond to a interviewer that say “In all my career years I have only been out of work for 3 months” (interviewer is well in her 60s), and then she goes on to say “I guess it’s going to take you about 4 or 5 weeks to get up to speed since you have been unemployed for a while”.

]]> By: Seattle Interview Coach http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-4556 Seattle Interview Coach Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:34:43 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-4556 Nice article! By the way, I've put together 140 Google interview questions. Your readers might find it helpful. Check it out: http://blog.seattleinterviewcoach.com/2009/02/140-google-interview-questions.html - Seattle Interview Coach Nice article!

By the way, I’ve put together 140 Google interview questions. Your readers might find it helpful.

Check it out: http://blog.seattleinterviewcoach.com/2009/02/140-google-interview-questions.html

- Seattle Interview Coach

]]> By: Should I Put My GPA On My Resume? | TheJobBored http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-1361 Should I Put My GPA On My Resume? | TheJobBored Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:51:15 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-1361 [...] Monday’s post about the interview questions Microsoft and Google will hit you with sort of caught my fancy. Just for fun, I started investigating the process of getting hired at high tech companies. I figured, companies like these are on the cutting edge, and they can basically pick and chose who they hire. The workers come to them. [...] [...] Monday’s post about the interview questions Microsoft and Google will hit you with sort of caught my fancy. Just for fun, I started investigating the process of getting hired at high tech companies. I figured, companies like these are on the cutting edge, and they can basically pick and chose who they hire. The workers come to them. [...]

]]> By: Jodith http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-1348 Jodith Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:43:52 +0000 http://www.thejobbored.com/sample-interview-questions-from-google-and-microsoft_746/#comment-1348 The google question isn't that hard. You're the height of a nickle. If you're the only thing in the blender, just lay down and let the blades spin over you. Heck, you might not even have to lay down. Most of these questions are designed to see how well you think. The important thing is not to let them throw you and just think about it. One of my coworkers when I was doing tech support always asked potential hires to describe how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The test here, of course, we to see how well the person could walk someone through a task that seems fairly basic, but may not be to the person you are talking to. The google question isn’t that hard. You’re the height of a nickle. If you’re the only thing in the blender, just lay down and let the blades spin over you. Heck, you might not even have to lay down.

Most of these questions are designed to see how well you think. The important thing is not to let them throw you and just think about it.

One of my coworkers when I was doing tech support always asked potential hires to describe how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The test here, of course, we to see how well the person could walk someone through a task that seems fairly basic, but may not be to the person you are talking to.

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