Along with leadership and technical skills , Google Engineering role needs other skills like GCA and Googleynees. This page is to start the preparation in strcutured manner that helps you get a interview call and also help with material that supports in getting the job. All the best.
I gathered this data and provided direct links to most of the content that can help prepare for the Google EM role. Thanks to all the content owners in sharing the details. This page is just my preparation for Google Sr.EM role and credit goes to the folks like Jeff from PracticeInterviews.com from where I pulled lot of this page content.
Resume Preparation: You need to prepare the resume that gets attention of the recruiter so that you get a call for the recruiter screening. In recruiter screeing you will be asked to talk about you leadership and techincal skills at high level. S/he will check if you are balancing both at your current role.
Resume Tips: https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/engineering-manager-resume
Google YouTube Tips
Some More Good Tips
Post your screening, Recruiter will share the following YouTube Links:
Leadership : https://youtu.be/2Cr3-et4xkI,
Googleyness : https://youtu.be/eIMR82oO2Dc
System Design :https://youtu.be/Gg318hR5JY0
Coding : https://youtu.be/XKu_SEDAykw
Program Product Management : https://youtu.be/BAud1iV1afA ; https://youtu.be/GASWAxyOawQ
Understand Google Interview Process :
https://prepfully.com/interview-guides/google-engineering-manager-interview-guide
Themes to focus for engineering leadership:
1. GCA - General Cognitive Ability : Link
https://lonare.medium.com/how-to-crack-open-ended-questions-for-google-interview-leaked-questions-with-answers-2de119a68a69
https://www.careerflow.ai/blog/google-behavioural-interview-guide
https://quizlet.com/510465659/google-interview-flash-cards/
2. Leadership : Link
3. Googleyness
4. RRK - Role Related Knwoledge : Link
Link
Methods:
CFS - Clarify - Framework - Solutioning
SPSIL - Situation - Problem-Solution-Impact-Learning
SMART - Specific-Measurable-Achievable-Realistic-Timebound
STAR - Situation-Task-Action-Result
Tip: Before you answer you should use CFS method to clarify the questions from the interviewer and plan your response in a manner that is easily understandable to the interviewer and then share the solution. Keep it at lilttle high level to have back and forth ask for specific areas where you want the interview wants to dive deep. Refine your response or unpack areas as you go deep. Keep in mind - Time management is key.
Tip:For Leadership and Googleyness and GCS - Which are some times open ended try to provide responses in SPSIL method. It is really important to talk about the learnings along with the imapct.
Tip: For RRK, it is really important to understand the job description before you attend Google interview. Your responses should align with JD. So align your responses that matches with the job description.
About Google:
You need to reasech about google before you even start the interview preparation - understand the products, they m ission statement, their value. etc. During the interview you will be using some of these research points that mankes the interview feel that you have done the home work, have the motivation to join google and willing to work in this fast phase environment.
Here are the links that you should eye-ball:
Mission Statement : https://about.google/
Philosophy and Values: https://about.google/philosophy/
Why Google: A very important and frequently asked quesiton. Please refer to this link to ansher this question. Interview basically wants to know the intent of joining. This link has some tips on how to answer the question.
https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/product-manager/why-google-why-amazon-why-facebook-interview-questions
Must read this : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/topics/soft-skills-s2976/leadership-s154/
Engineering Manager Interview Questions :
https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/google-engineering-manager-interview
People manager round questions
https://d3no4ktch0fdq4.cloudfront.net/public/course/files/GoogleManager.pdf
https://www.interviewkickstart.com/blogs/interview-questions/google-engineering-manager-interview-questions
Good Reads: https://www.interviewkickstart.com/blogs/interview-questions/engineering-manager-any-domain-interview-questions-google
Effective Leadership : https://www.interviewkickstart.com/blogs/career-advice/effective-leadership-skills
More Questions : https://www.interviewkickstart.com/blogs/interview-questions/engineering-manager-any-domain-interview-questions-google
Some Random GCA Questions : : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyew6uPNkqs&list=PLePbzYpjlB25OKQnKTcxKeC4ptuzn4WC5
Question List : https://www.interviewkickstart.com/blogs/interview-questions/google-leadership-principles-interview-questions
16 More Questions : https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/behavioral-interview-questions
Google LPs :
System Design Questions:
Good Read: https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/google-system-design-interview
Tips : https://www.interviewkickstart.com/blogs/articles/system-design-interview-preparation-tips
Start with some foundational concepts:http://crackquery.blogspot.com/2023/02/good-links.html
Understand Caching: http://crackquery.blogspot.com/2023/02/cache-system-design-notes.html
MemcacheD Vs Redis: http://crackquery.blogspot.com/2024/10/memcached-vs-redis.html
Unstand Loadbalancing: http://crackquery.blogspot.com/2023/02/load-balancing-algorithms.html
System Design : https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/google-system-design-interview
Microservice Design Patterns:
Database-per-Server
Saga Pattern
API Composition
CQRS
Event Sourcing
Shared Database Anti Pattern
API Architectural patterns:
RESTFul
SOAP
GraphQL
gRPC
WebSocket
WebHook
Design to Focus:
CodeKarle Designs: https://github.com/codekarle/system-design/tree/master/system-design-prep-material/architecture-diagrams
Netflix
Amazon
Facebook/Instagram
Uber
Google Search
Booking System
Notification System
Google Maps
Messager/WhatsApp
Zoom/Skype
TicTok>
TinyURL
Spotify
Key-Value Store
Rate Limiter
YouTube
Google Docs
Google Home
A ticketing platform
Google's database for web indexing
A webpage to show the status of millions of users: including name, photo, badge, and points
A system to count the number of clicks on YouTube videos
A boggle server
An in-memory cache for webpages
A distributed ID generation system
Some Tips from PM Interviews : Tips
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