Asking Google Engineering Manager How To Get Hired

[@paevents8064]

He says don't go to school. But as soon the recruiter see this on the resume. They don't even consider for roles.

[@7oeseven793]

yep. most senior or higher ups that entered when the barrier to entry was way lower give this advice. How on earth could a bootcamper today even fathom getting selected by google or even so be prepared enough with the fundamentals and 300+ leetcode solved to stand a chance at OA and onsites? Like its insanely high standards today. Unless youve built a mega startup or very popular app, maybe you can attract the recruiters to consider you despite having no degree, but its disingenuous to downplay the importance of a degree for FAANG lol.

[@namanhkapur]

if you’re referred it doesn’t matter

[@challengeyourmind3937]

@@namanhkapur it does matter. Bachelor’s is table stakes. Referral doesn’t carry any weight at some companies

[@anime123.89]

Be expectational with skills I m sure u can get anywhere without degree ) I m sure ) but being exceptional is not normal

[@bennydavid623]

A Bachelor is the new High School Diploma. You won't pass HR without one.

[@venkat8790sss]

One of the best advice for seniors who are aspiring to get into senior positions

[@HarmonyPeaceUnity]

School or no school - create projects using tech skills, brand yourself and sell your work. These are very important apart from leetcoding for such roles. Its a world for extroverts !

[@TechFusionLabs360]

"It’s frustrating when you're doing your best to gain experience in IT or software engineering, yet you're repeatedly told you lack the necessary experience. Everyone’s background is different, and this should be considered when reviewing CVs. How can you gain the required skills if no one provides the opportunity? Those eager to learn and grow deserve the chance to prove themselves."

[@shaikusman536]

Awsome content...pls bring more industry people..share their experiences....Thanks guys...Respect from INDIA.

[@namanhkapur]

will do

[@eric2892]

It used to be Google would hire any qualified software engineer. The Google of today lacks vision. There are too many engineers there, even after the layoffs. They don't know what to build. He can talk about the market being bad now, but Google Ads still prints money-they just don't want to overspend because they aren't generating sufficient revenue per engineer. In Google's case, it's not really about the market. It's about having too many engineers and nothing to build.

[@LeetStack]

In the late 1800s to early 1900s, Rockefeller brought up a majority of railroad (the greatest invention at the time) tracks in America. Most would think that he would have used his railroad market share to make money, which in all honesty would have been profitable as well, but instead, he used it to starve out other competitors. He is literally the reason why antitrust(monopoly laws), I say this because Google taking up the rare resource that is engineers can also be a chest move to starve out their competitors they don't have to focus on the amount that each engineer is bringing in as just having them causes you to have major power and you make enough money that it doesn't matter anyway.

[@mightGalaxyBlackhole]

Don’t let him deceive you, his kids are likely trying to get into Cornell as we speak.

[@AvionicsDev]

Wow the way he answered all the questions made so much sense to me 🙌.

[@namanhkapur]

so glad to hear that

[@shahrukhtemori7502]

I would like to say that if, am that good, why would I work in any company? I would start my own. Where I would be able to make at least as much as an engineer in tech companies if not more than that. And the best part there would be no one to ask me what, when, why, where, how, all that bull**** questions?

[@gauravaws20]

Pretty sure he studied at IIT. 😂😂

[@namanhkapur]

probably

[@Trike156]

He went to IIT and advising people not to go to school.

[@pranaypaul6361]

Very helpful to get insight from a person like this. Please bring more people like him.

[@nickernara]

oh he suggests dont go to school. no offense but i dont know if he is sending his kids to school or not

[@vacate81]

School is not important yes but the competition between kids is what drives the students to excel more and thus make it better experience overall than just the online study

[@namanhkapur]

true

[@dantesbytes]

Working for google or a unicorn start up is a dream

[@namanhkapur]

🗣️

[@johnstamopolis5257]

At ta boy! Don't aspire to be anything more than a cubicle drone farm animal.....

[@LeetStack]

This is a lie. I signed up for over 800+ jobs after I graduated boot camp at the top of my class and fully understood most concepts. I signed up for testing, webmaster, and all sorts of niche roles, and then I finally just said, "Let me go to school instead of wasting more time." I easily got A's, and more doors were open to me, like internships, co-ops, connections, and referrals from people who knew I was decent.

[@Rockyzach88]

This is like when rich people say "money isn't everything.

[@namanhkapur]

LOL after a point it isn’t

[@Rockyzach88]

@@namanhkapur Point proven

[@MohanRaj-vp1zt]

“You need not to go to school but i went to IIT “ 😅

[@Hanu481]

simple answer don't study computer sciecne, worst degree.. been jobless for almost year now

[@harrydustergtm]

thanks for providing me this kind of session and i am suggesting you to provide more session like that And i really learn from your video

[@namanhkapur]

will do!

[@js913]

Google is not the only company doing wonderful. There are thousands of other companies. May this guy doesn't do much

[@mohdjibly6184]

Great video sharing with lots of wisdom…thank you Namanh

[@namanhkapur]

always

[@techwithtolu]

Lovely interview

[@AmadeusRay-fv9ue]

Yeah don't listen to this guy. Someone else looks at the resume and sends it to him. The person wants you to go to school and yes you do learn from school such as fundamentals in math, and discipline.

[@candicelover3888]

Omg thank you so much for this, just to let you know some female “coders” are copying your videos so watch out king 👑 🗣️🗣️🗣️💪💪💪🙏

[@namanhkapur]

do you have a link?

[@candicelover3888]

@@namanhkapur kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2LRgpt9aNN_jq8si=16vAjMN_kttZW_j8 the dates are so fishy tho 🤔I wounded how they saw the future

[@hamaraf-rh4eg]

can anyone share the link of his CS fundamentals blog that he mentioned in towards the end of the video?

[@lachidong7818]

gas light us for the day lol

[@namanhkapur]

i’ll bring the fire

[@newbie8051]

Lol, Google came oncampus at IIIT Jabalpur, didn't even shortlist non-CSE undergrads for the interviews Even diversity hires are CSE-only Google has strong biases, they've started to open up to admitting non-IIT grads as they're opening up their Hyderabad office in 2026, which will require a lot of SDE2 and SDE3 to mentor the new recruits at the time... Interviews are DSA focused, as my manager talked (during my time at Google BLR as an intern this summer), ki DSA is the universal language, hence used to judged candidates from varied backgrounds (game dev, android dev etc.)

[@nagabhirumohan8250]

Super informative!

[@aikaybrown2273]

Thank you so much. Insightful.

[@namanhkapur]

always!

[@carlos-rm9rs]

I feel like people are saying don’t go to school so that there is less competition for them. I mean come on, learning from youtube? joke.

[@afrojalam4308]

Dont go to school said by someone who came out from iit or Standford.😂

[@TechFusionLabs360]

@Namanh Kapur, "In my opinion, if a company rejects me, I wouldn’t keep applying just to get hired. With big tech firms, it's tough to land a job, and even if you do, you start from the bottom and work your way up. If they like you, they'll keep you. But for me, as someone interested in tech, I’d rather focus on developing my own software. Just like Steve Jobs started in his garage, Jeff Bezos in his library, and Mark Zuckerberg at university, I want to build my own tech business from scratch, even if it’s in my bedroom or garage. It won't be easy, and I’ll learn the hard way, making mistakes and handling everything myself, from coding to IT and beyond. But I’m determined to create something that works for everyone. Once I do, I’d like to start selling my products to the world."

[@AngelicaDFranklin]

I love these interviews ❤

[@namanhkapur]

great to hear

[@truthruster]

The best engineering manager is who does not know why he is manager and explains how we should be recruiting only then to give direction to HR to follow company playbook to deliver the same experience he received as karma 😆. When having job , youtube works and no degree required. Only when no job, degree required 😆

[@namanhkapur]

when no job, who you know matters most

[@truthruster]

@@namanhkapur true to some extent but not everyone has a yellow pages directory to reach out to, not everyone you know want to help you out even when help is requested as there are very few people who are not selfish and not always will a position be available when you need it the most that anyone you know could offer you so you hear the words " Will let you know if anything" but then that never progresses to a job offer.

[@carlos-rm9rs]

This whole dont go to school, you dont need to go to school, is confusing information. Some people need it, some dont, everyone and every situation is different

[@SafalGautam-jp7ew]

Really helpful!

[@namanhkapur]

thanks for watching

[@challengeyourmind3937]

Uhhh he didn’t say much lol

[@namanhkapur]

talked for a while

[@challengeyourmind3937]

@@namanhkapur you asked good questions but his responses felt very generic similar to your criticism of the principal engineer video

[@zekeking]

@@challengeyourmind3937 Yeah it's unfortunately hard to give broad advice because it becomes so generalized in its attempt to include everyone that it no longer describes anyone. Good advice so often needs to be aimed at a smaller demographic or for the best advice usually aimed at a single person.

[@swapnil_tech]

Awesome video !

[@namanhkapur]

😤

[@Aliabdullah-o9r]

Really good!

[@namanhkapur]

thanks bruh

[@Vlogbobb]

Simply put. Learn coding

[@jaewonchoi2540]

Thanks for sharing

[@namanhkapur]

thanks for watching

[@manthan-00q]

I know he's heir cut is inspire from ancient India 😼 right?

[@namanhkapur]

no way really

[@sunnydayy5504]

good info

[@Zeegoner]

Grade A yapper

[@osifojohn1513]

This is invaluable. Thanks for sharing

[@namanhkapur]

anytime!

[@akramsalim9706]

what an excellent video. Thanks. Please try to make more videos.

[@namanhkapur]

yessir

[@eric2892]

I'm really skeptical about this eng manager's responses here. He says focusing on getting promoted happens in a comfort zone and "growing to the next level" is uncomfortable. This is counter to my personal experience: most engineers I know are uncomfortable and weary of Google's promotion process. Also down-leveling is not about you having faked your seniority. Down-leveling is about Google HR using the company brand to push their new hires harder to focus on getting promoted back to where they were and save a little money while they're at it.

[@Divyv520]

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[@namanhkapur]

send me an email

[@jagicyooo2007]

in this market gotta be smarter than your interviewer :)

[@namanhkapur]

or more tenacious

[@gabrielfono844]

absolutely great intervew.

[@namanhkapur]

yoooo thanks brother

[@vbell101]

hyper unrealistic

[@s-code-b]

job_functions = { 'Software Developer': ['write-code', 'debug-code'], 'Senior/Staff': ['write-systems', 'debug-systems'], 'Manager': ['write-teams', 'debug-teams'], 'Director/Sr.Mgr.': ['write-orgs', 'debug-orgs'] }

[@mayanoel8349]

First one to watch hehe!!!

[@namanhkapur]

let’s gooooooo