Name: The Google resume
ISBN: 9780470927625

The Google resume

"The information you need to land the tech job of your dreams. Whatever your industry, there's no denying the desirability of the perks and salary enjoyed by employees at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and other top tech companies: casual attire, free and unlimited sodas (or even food), flexible hours, onsite luxury gyms, and funky offices. Yet getting a position at such a company is far from assured. Hiring processes and requirements are unique, and the competition is stiff. The Google Resume gives you the only book available on how to win a coveted spot at one of these top national tech firms. If you're a student, you'll learn what to study and how to prepare while in school, as well as what career paths to consider. If you're a job seeker, you'll get an edge on your competition by learning about hiring procedures and making yourself stand out from other candidates. Covers key concerns like what to major in, which extra-curriculars and other experiences look good, how to apply, how to design and tailor your resume, how to prepare for and excel in the interview, and much more. The author was on Google's hiring committee; interned at Microsoft and Apple; has received job offers from more than 10 tech firms; and runs CareerCup.com, a site devoted to tech jobs."--Provided by publisher.

What Hacker News says

bJGVygG7MQVF8cJul 2020

The best advice I ever got regarding how to write a technical resume was all cribbed from Gayle McDowell's "The Google Resume".

The most salient piece of advice: Use a "what-how-what-impact" format in your work history's line items.

To modify an example given elsewhere in the comments, instead of

> helped reduce customers acquisition cost by $X

prefer

> Streamlined customer acquisition by building a self-serve customer onboarding web app using Python and Django, reducing acquisition cost by $X yearly

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purerandomnessNov 2017

> In Germany, you ALWAYS put a photograph in your resume.

Not really.

The more educated people are about this topic (e.g. have read "The Google Resume" by Gayle McDowell, which I highly recommend), or have had startup experience, the less common it is.

We all should stop doing it, everybody will benefit.

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purerandomnessMay 2017

You might want to read "The Google Résumé" by Gayle McDowell. It changed the way I apply to jobs, and it made a difference like day and night.

I'm surprised to learn that there are people working in Tech currently finding it hard to apply. Where are you located?

Here in Europe, at least in my experience, it's getting easier every day. Tech is incredibly popular, but demand is still even higher.

You might be viewed as overqualified because of your business experience if you apply to startups.

You might just make basic mistakes that the book will teach you not to do.

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brianmurphyFeb 2017

There are some good books on the subject. Start with "The Google Resume" by Gayle McDowell. Then move on to industry specific books like Cracking the Coding Interview.

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cunninghamdFeb 2015

If you want to work for Microsoft or Google, while you likely can't get away with using your employers's $2K, the best books to read are Cracking the Coding Interview and Elements of Programming Interviews. Both books have very solid algorithm questions which you can use to go research the various algorithms and learn them. Although, I'd wait for Elements of Programming Interviews v2 which will include Java samples, as opposed to C++, but that's just me.

McDowell's The Google Resume also has some useful tidbits in it.

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cunninghamdFeb 2015

Read a book called The Google Resume. I think it'll help you position yourself better in the market.

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