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The Tech Companies Hiring The Most Right Now
March 3, 2011
Gayle Laakmann McDowell, author of The Google Résumé: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google or Any Top Tech Company, has worked for all three of the popular tech firms. In her book, Gayle offers advice to job seekers trying to get in at a top notch company.
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The Google Resume: How to Get Hired at Google and Other Top Companies
April 6, 2011
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Offbeat interview questions asked to make you think
March 3, 2011
It’s your worst job interview fear: They’ll ask you some absurdly hard question and instead of being the genius you sometimes think you are — you choke.
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The Hardest Job Interview Questions
March 1, 2011
It’s your worst job interview fear: They’ll ask you some absurdly hard question and instead of being the genius you sometimes think you are — you choke.
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10 Secrets To Getting A Job At Apple, Google Or Microsoft
March 8, 2011
… Indeed, there’s no denying that I got very, very lucky to land such a prestigious internship at such an early age. But there’s more to it than just that.
The tricks below enabled me to get the right experience, flaunt it on my resume, get the attention of recruiters, and eventually land positions with Microsoft, Apple and Google.
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Ex-Googler Reveals Strategies to Land Interview with Google
April 15, 2011
…Getting through the doors, unfortunately, seems insurmountable. Hoards of candidates submit resumes each year, with only a small fraction getting an interview. The online application system – or, as it’s more appropriately nicknamed, “The Black Hole,” – is littered with so many resumes that even a top candidate would struggle to stand out.
So how do you get a company to even notice your resume? Here are a few suggestions of how anyone can reach One Microsoft Way, One Infinite Loop, or wherever they’d like to go…
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Tech jobs boom like it’s 1999
April 20, 2011
Tech workers like Mersy are coveted commodities as the high-tech industry undergoes its biggest hiring binge in more than a decade. Not since the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s has competition been so fierce. Would-be employees are being enticed with fat contracts, hefty bonuses and such freebies as iPads, meals, sporting events and shuttle services. These and other perks are in play to hook top talent in engineering, social media, website development, product design and management.
Google, Facebook and Microsoft are aggressively recruiting college students in hopes of landing them before they graduate, says Gayle Laakmann McDowell, a former Google software engineer and author of The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Any Top Tech Company.
High-paying college majors to study
December 8, 2011
Sky-high grades and work experience play significant roles in landing top computer jobs, but independent projects are valued too, says Gayle Laakmann McDowell, author of “The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or any Top Tech Company.” …
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Say a Good Word: How to Really Work Your References
May 2011
A bit of reference coaching can clear up many concerns. Laakmann McDowell offers several points to help you guide the discussion in your favor.
Hake an assessment of potential references. Although you may have had a positive working relationship with a supervisor, it doesn’t mean that the person will be the best reference in helping you secure the position.
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Getting Hired at Google: Grid Helps You Ace Interview Questions
May 6, 2011
I had an “aha” moment while reading “The Google Resume” in preparation for my interview with author Gayle Laakmann McDowell. As a person who frequently experiences brain freeze unrelated to ice cream and also brain-tongue disconnect, I think her advice to create a preparation grid for interviews is a winner.
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How to Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Others
May 3, 2011
If you want to get an edge on your competition by learning about hiring procedures and making yourself stand out from other candidates; mark your calendars for JobRadioUSA’s Episode 96:“How to Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Others,”Tuesday May 3rd at 9PM EST.
Gayle Laakmann McDowell –author of “The Google Resume” and founder of CareerCup.com – will discuss how to:
- 1. Prepare in advance to land a job at these companies
- 2. Design a strong resume and cover letter and acquire references
- 3. Get in the door and land an interview
- 4. Prepare for interviews with these companies
- 5. Navigate the hiring procedures as a programmer, designer, and/or game developer
- 6. Negotiate an offer
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Getting Hired at Google: The Inside Scoop
April 21, 2011
Susan Hall spoke with Gayle Laakmann McDowell, author of “The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Any Top Tech Company.” She worked in Google Engineering for three years and served on its hiring committee. She is founder and CEO of CareerCup.com, a site devoted to tech jobs.
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An Ex-Googler Reveals 4 Ways To Get Hired By Google Even If You Have A Crappy GPA
April 7, 2011
Gayle Laakmann McDowell has worked at Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
After interviewing more than 120 people during her spat at Google, she wrote a book, The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Any Top Tech Company.
In it, she lists four ways to standout to Google besides your GPA (which she claims doesn’t matter all that much):
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So you want to work at Google
April 7, 2011
To boost your chances of being one of the people Google brings aboard, you might want to take a look at a new book, The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Any Top Tech Company. Author Gayle Laakmann McDowell, a Wharton MBA, is founder and CEO of CareerCup.com, a job site for tech professionals.
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PodCast: “The Google Resume”
March 31, 2011
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How to Make Friends, Seattle Style
For many newcomers to Seattle, there is a lot of fun to be had with freshly acquainted friends — at first. However, not long after their arrival, many people begin to notice a certain coldness among native Seattleites. Phones stop ringing, party invites cease and, before they know it, émigrés to our fair city have been frozen out of the social scene altogether.
… In the course of all this event organization, Weaver began to notice a familiar face. This was Gayle Laakmann, a computer engineer and fellow Seattle settler. The two became friends, realizing they had endured the same social chill, and overcome it by coordinating gatherings for large groups of local residents. This mutual interest led the duo to join forces, and they co-founded Seattle Anti-Freeze that fall. As Weaver explained, the group’s name originated from an article in the February 15, 2005 edition of Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Times’ weekly magazine.
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The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career at a Top Tech Company
March 22, 2011
In her new book, ‘The Google Resume,’ Gayle Laakmann McDowell offers recent grads and young professionals a glimpse into the process of getting noticed by a top tech company. As a former “Microsoftie, Appleite, and Googler,” McDowell knows what it takes to land at one of these top firms. Here are just a few of her many recommendations.
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How to Get Hired By Google
March 22, 2011
… getting hired by Google is difficult. Very difficult. The company has incredibly high standards for candidates, and turns away applicants who would make the grade at almost any other company they chose. Even after they make it through the notoriously difficult “brain-teaser” portion of the interview.
So what can you do to increase your chances? Gayle Laakmann McDowell, a former Google recruiter, and author of The Google Resume, spoke to Vault and offered some key pieces of advice.
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Programming Interviews – Techniques & Tips by Gayle Laakmann
October 6, 2010
Gayle Laakmann, an ex-Googler, who is currently pursuing her MBA at Wharton University. She completed her Master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the founder and CEO of two companies – Careercup, Seattle Anti-Freeze. She is also the author of Cracking the Coding Interview.
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Expert offers job advice to computer science majors
February 5, 2010
Gayle Laakmann, current Wharton MBA student and former Google, Microsoft and Apple employee, gave a lecture Thursday to a crowd of Computer Science and Engineering students about how to successfully interview with software companies.
Laakmann, who completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in Engineering at Penn, is currently CEO of a web site called CareerCup.com.
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Seattle party planners find a cure for the city’s common cold
December 14, 2007
The climate is getting a little hotter in the Emerald City, and no, we’re not talking global warming or carbon dioxide emissions.
Seeking to thaw Seattle’s reputedly chilly social climate is a new group, Seattle Anti-Freeze, which hosts big parties and social mixers for mostly 20- and 30-somethings. Seattle Anti-Freeze took its name in response to a 2005 Seattle Times article on a crippling social disease the writer dubbed the “Seattle Freeze,” in which people are polite to newcomers but not truly warm or inclusive.
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Bring back the dazzle
September 23, 2005
But don’t look for Laakmann among the 17,000 employees gathering today at Safeco Field for the company’s 30th anniversary company meeting.
That’s because Laakmann, 22, went to work at Google instead, starting last month at the red-hot Internet company’s year-old Kirkland office.
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Senior tries to improve Engineers’ curriculum
March 28, 2005
… last spring, Laakmann decided to create a small, hands-on class. She is currently a teaching assistant for the seven-person seminar, working alongside Computer Science professor Pat Palmer.
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