Google Internship Sent
February 27th 2005
Whew! That was nerve-racking.
In all honesty though, I can’t imagine a company I’d rather work for, that’s more suited to what I love to do and who I am. And no, I’m not just sucking up because my web site’s in my resume. I love this stuff, it’s what I do.
Wish me luck!
You’re off to a great start.
In a business where jobs are scarce (which is atleast the case in Denmark), internship is the primary (read: only) way of getting a job. It is also the officially recommended way by most unions here in Denmark.
It’ll allow them to get to know you for free, and it’ll allow you to excel for free, which stirs some thoughts in the minds of those who are to employ you.
So just behave like crazy, and things’ll go your way.
I got my job the same way.
“behave like crazy” sounds wrong.
What I meant to say was of course, not that you behave like a crazy, but that you put crazy much effort into behaving.
And so it is, when English is not your native tongue.
I sort of understand
I don’t think behave is the right word, but maybe just “put effort into your work” and you’ll get noticed. Thanks for the advice.
Actually I was talking about behaving… but of course “putting effort into the work” is as important. But a “well-mannered” intern, that IS important.
For those interested, I never heard back from Google.
Their practice of not responding to the applicants they don’t want is extremely inconvenient (to those of us who would like to secure other plans) and, frankly, insulting.
It also shows something of their internal practices. Yes, it may have been an extremely competitive internship, but think logically: in order to manage all those applicants, you *know* they have a management app for it. Given that, how hard is it to send everyone a rejection e-mail after a deadline hits? Heck, I could write that app in a week.
So, to Google, I say, bad decision. You got your chance, and you’ll never get it again without a load of cash in the deal.
I felt exactly the same way about the lack of any reply whatsoever from Google.
The fact that Google invites internships (and thereby expects people to put quite some effort into crafting an application) but then does not feel it can be bothered to even send a standard-reply, reflects badly on the company’s values.