Googleyness and Leadership Interview Question

[@jeffhsipepi]

Hi everyone, I really hope this video helps. I really went into the weeds on this solution, I hope my thought process helps!

[@malik6318]

Shout out to Sue! I have my GCA and G+L interview in about 10 hours. Thanks for the videos Jeff.

[@jeffhsipepi]

Malik, good luck!!

[@darvius]

How did it go?

[@FlyboyA]

Hi what question did they ask u in both interviews and what role did u apply for ?

[@RequstingFlyby]

@malk6318 how did it go?

[@TheWeightliftingTriathlete]

My interviewer got really angry with me as i kept calling him Sue. He told me at the end that his name was Mark and I'd failed the interview.

[@jeffhsipepi]

@TheWeightliftingTriathlete, 😂😂😂

[@mfanakithi2002]

😂

[@nikhil199029]

Sue them

[@jeffhsipepi]

@@nikhil199029 🤣🤣🤣

[@swali78]

😂

[@agmos01]

Jeff, I wanted to thank you VERY much for all the content you share on your channel. I have just had Round 1 of interviews - RRK, GCA, G+L -, and learned that I did very well at GCA and G+L. The info you share on your channel is responsible for a lot of that. Thank you!

[@jeffhsipepi]

Alex, amazing, keep us posted on your progress!

[@agmos01]

@@jeffhsipepi I was told by the recruiter that the Hiring Mgr. decided to go down a different path based on RRK... Bummer, I assumed RRK had been my best performance out of the 3... I am still trying to determine what areas I must improve... It was all so straight-forward... Maybe I should've done a better job at spelling things out? For example, when establishing contrasts such as Managed Infrastructure versus Dynamic Infrastructure I should have probably said IaaS x PaaS (Serverless)... Oh well, even though I thought I did very weel at RRK, someone else clearly did a better job than I did... Sadly, it looks like I can only re-apply in 6 months...

[@jeffhsipepi]

@@agmos01 ​ keep up the prep and practice, you will have another chance!

[@duangtachansuk4277]

Hi Jeff, I wanted to thank you for your precious and helpful content. I got an offer from Google just before the Christmas holidays. So excited about this new experience! Wish you a wonderful 2022! Thanks

[@jeffhsipepi]

Duangta Chansuk, amazing, good luck!!!

[@myownboss2612]

Jeff, been following your content for the past few weeks. Thanks for providing such incredible value and insights, I am extremely grateful. Have my final G&L and GCA interview for Prg Mgr. role tomorrow. Wish me luck!

[@jeffhsipepi]

MyOwnBoss, I hope it went well and good luck!!

[@homer5523]

THANK YOU for such amazing content Jeff. I watched several of your videos, especially for the CGA and G&L interviews and I nailed them thanks to you! I wanted to thank you personally as I got hired and will officially join Google soon!! YEAH! 🙏

[@jeffhsipepi]

Homer, AMAZING, CONGRATS!!!!!!!! Good luck!!! 😬

[@infotalk12]

What domain were you in ? Product Management OR Technical ?

[@kvn_walls]

Jeff, thank you so much for all these videos. Thanks to you I've made it all the way to the comp phase at google!

[@jeffhsipepi]

Kevin, amazing, now, negotiate!!!

[@eastsideozzy]

geeeezzz, I would hire you on the spot! NEVER have I heard such good and detailed responses.

[@jeffhsipepi]

eastsideozzy, thanks, of course I did have the opportunity to plan my answer, a distinct advantage! 😎

[@ryuzakace]

I have my Googleyness interview in 30 minutes. Thanks for the video, it gave clarity..

[@jeffhsipepi]

Shirish Bajpai, i hope it went well!

[@ryuzakace]

@@jeffhsipepi thanks jeff… it went awesome!

[@FlyboyA]

Hi what question did they ask u in the googlyness interview and what role did u apply for ?

[@ryuzakace]

@@FlyboyA NDA. However, follow this video, it will be super helpful.

[@FlyboyA]

@@ryuzakace bet 👍

[@dndpsh86]

Hi Jeff, Thank you for your amazing contents. I really appreciate. Tomorrow, I have the L&G interview that it is final on-site interview. I will leverage this video and get the good score.

[@jeffhsipepi]

Ingyu, I hope it went well!!

[@kefimeshwirelesssystem858]

Hi Jeff, I want to bring in one more aspect in this question. In a negative culture, performance of team is bound to get affected and this would show in numbers done by team (come from a sales background), I believe that makes sense to create awareness of the negative performance impact this kind of culture creates on both professional and personal front.Professional as you miss on metrics and personal because you are always putting energy in strategizing against team mates or extra pleasing your boss rather than investing time with client or process.

[@jeffhsipepi]

Apoorva, absolutely, this is definitely an angle you could take if you are interviewing for a sales role.

[@mytree_s]

Have my googleyness interview in (checks the watch) 4.5 hours. I hope to nail it!!!! Thanks so much for the insightful content you create. It's helping thousands of aspiring candidates like me who want to be part of Google.. QQ, sometimes I miss to add important points that move the needle (may be data or broad scope and scale) and I realize it later. I feel I have done more than I am able to talk about. Even though I write stories and prep, I still miss to share them during the interview. Any suggestions/guidance you can share?

[@jeffhsipepi]

Maitri, I hope your interview went well! The reality is that we all will miss data points that we wanted to share throughout the interview. This is a 100% guarantee that we will not remember all the details, so the biggest piece of advice is to not be too hard on yourself! Good luck!!

[@pincher2410]

HI Jeff, amazing content as always! Really have been learning and absorbing your content for the last past weeks. Today I will have my googliness and leadership interview. Wish me luck! And always supporting your content!

[@jeffhsipepi]

Pin, let us know how it went!!

[@Aman21336]

HEY...How did it go?

[@Gold_Stone]

Jeff, thanks for the great video! When I heard about the question that you just mentioned in this video, I was thinking about sharing my own story. But looks like you took a different approach. How would you differentiate the question between leadership question and a behavioral question that I was planning to answer with STAR method. Many thanks in advance!

[@AnaRomeroM]

Thank you so much for the content Jeff! Starting my role in 15 days! 😍

[@jeffhsipepi]

Ana, amazing, congrats!!!!!!!!!

[@JoseARubio]

Wonderful, thank you very much

[@jeffhsipepi]

Jose, so glad you found this video helpful!

[@RickJohnson]

Helpful! I have my G&L interview in about 30 minutes, so very timely!

[@jeffhsipepi]

Rick, I hope it went well!

[@RickJohnson]

@@jeffhsipepi I feel it did! My interviewer was a technical peer in the SRE job family, so it didn't go quite the way you outlined, but your tips on clarifying and digging in were very helpful and relevant!

[@FlyboyA]

Hi what question did they ask u in the g&l interview and what role did u apply for ?

[@RickJohnson]

@@FlyboyA I wish you would have asked 5 months ago. I don't remember anymore. That said, even if I did, technically the NDA we sign during the process prohibits me from sharing.

[@FlyboyA]

@@RickJohnson no worries bro👍

[@alexandermedinao.3514]

Hi Jeff, thank you for uploading, I think its great content and I appreciate the time you take to upload these. I have an interview coming up soon for an associate finance analyst role. Its the final round (3 30-min interviews), do you have any tips on the kind of job-related questions? What kind of GCA questions do you think I can expect? I appreciate it if you could share anything that could help, and I also appreciate your time. Thank you Jeff!

[@jeffhsipepi]

Alexander, use our desktop app for practice questions - www.practiceinterviews.com/signup. When it comes to GCA questions, remember to always answer wearing the hat of the role, solve from a financial analysis perspective always!

[@alexandermedinao.3514]

@@jeffhsipepi Thank you Jeff! I appreciate it

[@JM-uc3sg]

Hi Alexander, Im currently in the same position as you were interviewing for the same role. Im wondering if you could let me know any advice and tips from your experience? How to best prepare for each interview? Any advice would be appreciated.

[@purettex1562]

Hi Jeff, I have a Google interview in 2 days and I’m preparing for behavioural and hypothetical questions. I would like to ask if it’s okay to ask for some time to structure my thoughts throughout the hypothetical question? Meaning after asking clarifying questions > (more time) > assumptions > solution > (more time) > success metrics and pros & cons. The recruiters mentioned it’s okay to ask for more time but not sure how often I can do so? Thanks for your insightful videos! 👍🏻

[@jeffhsipepi]

@purettex1562, great question! My strong recommendation is to only take time at potentially two times, before your clarifying questions or right after them. Asking for more time throughout your answer might annoy your interviewer. Remember, you should go in with a cheat sheet and have pre-planned clarifying questions, frameworks, and assumptions. If you haven't watched this video, it should help - kzbin.info/www/bejne/emG6f6yapdl9jqM

[@purettex1562]

@@jeffhsipepi Great advice! Thanks, and will build up my cheat sheet after watching that video.

[@iamshubhamdev]

@@jeffhsipepi Great insights! I had the same question as @purettex1562 and I'll have a look at the cheat sheet video! Your videos are great @jeffhsipepi Now I know why I didn't clear my interview in 2021, but perhaps this time I'll try my best based on all your advice and structured and so insightful answers! You're doing a great job!!

[@porcorosso4330]

Sounds great. What if I say "can I sleep on it?"... Or "is this my job?" Will it be reflect very poorly on my interview?

[@jeffhsipepi]

@porcorosso4330, answers like these, to any question, in any interview, at any company would likely result in you not being hired!

[@porcorosso4330]

@@jeffhsipepi Which is very unfortunate. Because it is just a dance of me telling them what they want to hear to get the job instead of them actually interviewing the actual me.

[@jeffhsipepi]

@@porcorosso4330 so yes, interviewing is not perfect by any means, but the ability to make decisions and problem solve is going to be critical for any role.

[@HollySanders-p6e]

Hey, I just jumped onto the interview readiness call provided weekly to have a better understanding and having watched a lot of your videos, I asked about asking clarifying questions. - However the recruiter said they I shouldn't ask more than 1, if any as it's a hyperthetical issues. Now I'm slightly worried?

[@jeffhsipepi]

@HollySanders-p6e, Google trains it's interviewers to allow for clarifying questions and it references this item in the - Talk through your answers to show your thinking in their online reference guid for how to interview - www.google.com/about/careers/applications/interview-tips/. The reality is that your Recruiter is not an interviewer AND of course, some interviewers do not like clarifying questions. If they don't, simply change the tone to thought process. But jumping in before thinking through it and at least trying to get clarification is not ideal IMO. What is most important is that you are adapting and adjusting to your interviewer. Good luck!

[@heyjude0602]

Hi Jeff, thanks for the enlightening content, as always. Learning a ton and figured I'd at least leave a comment to show gratitude. I'll definitely let you know if my current interview process gets a happy ending. Thank you!

[@jeffhsipepi]

이주헌, you are welcome, good luck!!

[@notinoti2552]

Wish me luck I have some rounds in next week Hope it will help

[@jeffhsipepi]

@notinoti2552, good luck, practice and prepare like crazy!!

[@JoLap42]

In general good, but I'm assuming they'd want to go deeper into things like coaching, mentorship, action items, training and education, success measurements, etc. How would you enforce this? Also, this is a very long answer as Google behavior interviews are going to be 30 minutes long, so this seems to go overtime. I like when you mention listening mindset, focus on opportunities, ownership, alignment meetings and mini-action, commitments to keep them included in all next steps, and it is great in terms of the high level solution, and conducting research of what worked before, even at other organizations ... is great but it may seem like a bit much! Workshop part seemed really fluid and it went everywhere and got confusing, but the keywords were great. Maybe it's jut me but I'm not sure if the fake little smile or laugh at the end of each solution is going to help or hurt candidates, if I was interviewing and someone did too much of that it would come off as a little bit odd, I guess some would see it as confidence but I'd see it more as smug or know it all or sarcastic kind of attitude? Also, people hate surveys, how do you get people to keep filling them out? I think I would give you or someone that learned from this video and presented it like this, a moderate to recommend hire but with a few notes..

[@jeffhsipepi]

@JoLap42, great feedback, thanks!

[@BigstickNick]

I was thinking it’s a little long as well. I can talk for an hour if I’m not careful, and there’s a part of me, that is expecting they want to ask more questions. The surveys or exit interviews are important tho, people just don’t trust they are anonymous 😂

[@seattlematt]

Wow, I've got quite a bit of practicing to do if I'm going to emulate that at all during my interview in a couple of days. Thanks for the content, time to get back to my notes.

[@jeffhsipepi]

Matt, I hope it went well, good luck!

[@maximus7288]

How about if the interviewer says "I don't know the cause, that's what you're here for". That can happen. I advise to introduce a Root Cause Analysis in this answer (if the role is related to Process Improvement or Process Excellence), with 5-why method and a quick Cause & Effect diagram you can find the root cause , presenting the root cause in your assumptions and then apply a solution to it.

[@jeffhsipepi]

Maximus, I love it! The Root Cause Analysis is essentially your framework and become the organizational tool to help you crush the answer!

[@willwolfe9738]

Hey Jeff, would love a refreshed video on “tell me about yourself” or types of questions seen on a recruiting call ! Thank you!

[@jeffhsipepi]

@willwolfe9738, check out this updated TMAY video from a year ago - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4amiImvir1-pZI

[@Babyluv9978]

Regarding the interview process, are we allowed to send thank you notes to every person we interview with? Or is that something that’s not recommended?

[@jeffhsipepi]

Angel B, when interviewing with tech companies there is no need to send thank you notes, but if you want to, yes send one to every interviewer, you can also send them through your Recruiter - kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWmopmSLe51ofck

[@sayoojvalsan4879]

Hi Jeff, what wud be few example of success metric and action plan ? Cud u throw some light. tks

[@jeffhsipepi]

sayoojvalsan4879, I cover the action plan in the three solutions and I drive towards the success metrics in solution #3. I want to help, can you help me understand what is unclear and what I can specifically clarify for you? Thanks

[@Kartalizm1903]

I think it is about the assumptions: are these assumptions real assumptions or factual assumptions (if that is a thing), as prior to the assumption you are already asking some clarifying questions? Should we still make some (new) assumptions after those answers or can we just use their input? I am afraid that if I do the latter, I’d be missing critical info because I have not asked it and if I’d assume stuff, perhaps those are fully wrong. Can you elaborate/help here as well?

[@jeremyswayman7017]

Hey Jeff, I interviewed with Google about 10 days ago, these were virtual onsite interviews. I hadn't heard anything back so I emailed my recruiter. They said they have not yet received feed back from my interviewers so they are unable to tell me anything at this time. Will interviewers always give feedback regardless of the outcome or will I only hear back if I am receiving a job offer/moving on? If a certain amount of time passes (for example 3 weeks) does that mean my chances are not looking good? Thanks for all the Google interview content. They are a great help for anyone prepping for the process!

[@jeffhsipepi]

Jeremy, interviewers are always encouraged to complete feedback. Length of time and getting hired are not alway correlated. This process requires a lot of patience, unfortunately. Continue to check in with your Recruiter, good luck!

[@chrisogonas]

Awesome! Helpful! 👏

[@jeffhsipepi]

@chrisogonas, I am so happy you found this video helpful!

[@chrisogonas]

@@jeffhsipepi Absolutely!

[@AkashNayee]

Do you suggest we provide multiple solutions?

[@jeffhsipepi]

Akash, this is a great question! Ideally, yes, but it really depends on your interviewer. In your first solution, I want you to dive deep into 1 or 2 framework concepts. Then, when you get to the end of your first solution, use the following transition statement, "we could dive a little more into A or B (concepts you just spoke about) or we could dive a little deeper into C (a framework concept you mentioned earlier, but have not expanded on yet. This video may help with your transition after solution #1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp3QYYRmlqmZbrs

[@arashroff3573]

I am in India and I've applied for a job at Google London. Will they take me to London at their own expense if I get through the Hangouts call?

[@jeffhsipepi]

Ara, if you complete all stages of the hiring process and Google decides to hire you, they will offer you relocation assistance, good luck!

[@arashroff3573]

@@jeffhsipepi Thank you so much for clearing my doubts.

[@deepdigitalcontent]

Hi Jeff, What are the Cloud roles in Google which does not involve Coding ??

[@jeffhsipepi]

Tinu, too many to count! A few are Sales Engineer, Customer Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Cloud Consultant, etc.

[@romanking08]

This video is great! Thanks so much and it helped a lot. I just want to comment on the video quality itself: I'm not sure if you camera is set to follow your face or it's on an unstable mount or something, but definitely I find that the background keeps moving constantly as you talk. This is very distractive and make me lose focus on your presentation. I literally have to hide the video while listening to you. I think it would be much better to set the camera fixed, so the background is fixed and viewers don't get dizzy trying to absorb what you are saying! Thanks for your attention!

[@jeffhsipepi]

Toan, thank you so much for the feedback, I stop using this wide angle web cam because I was having some issues with it!

[@manoelramon8283]

The best answer it is your own experience and how you solve it. No theories.

[@jeffhsipepi]

Manoel Ramon, thank you for this comment. There is a lot of explain, but simply put, interviewers have agendas, and at a company like Google their agenda is often to ask behavioral questions (example based answers) and open-ended questions (problem solving based answers). Some interviewers are okay with you providing an example to an open-ended question and some are not. So the best answer is not always an example, it is okay to ask if they want an example, but don't assume an example is always best. I hope this helps!

[@CO8ism]

but whats the time and space complexity of this answer?

[@jeffhsipepi]

CO8izm, I don't understand your question, but I am happy to try and answer if you can restate your question in another way?

[@NicolaiCzempin]

It is a joke: Coding interviews tend to focus on the time and space complexities of the algorithms chosen for the solution, so the commenter pretended that the G&L interview is like just another coding interview. Hope that helps 😉

[@TelzAll]

What happens is Due doesn't clarify anything

[@jeffhsipepi]

Telecia, asking about the timing in any hypothetical/open-ended question informs the strategy. Specifically, my approach in the solution will change based on the amount of time I have to complete the proposed initiative, project, or program. I hope this helps!

[@kyram123]

If I have an interviewer named Sue 😳 😂

[@jeffhsipepi]

@kyram123, 😂