Google Pay is a digital payments app that is a subsidiary of Google. Google Pay is a digital wallet that was initially released in the year 2015. It is one of the most commonly used digital wallets in India. Recently the company has announced that it would let users to send money through Google Pay from US to India and Singapore. Let’s look at the further details of this new feature offered by Google Pay.
Google Pay has announced that it would let users in the United States to send money to their friends, family and relatives in India and Singapore. This is an official mark of the entry of Google Pay into the remittance service market.
According to World Bank, India is one of the biggest overseas remittance receivers even though in the year 2020 the country had seen a drop in the remittance received of around 9% to INR 5,58,100 crores due to the global economic slowdown and the coronavirus pandemic.
There has been a rapid growth in the foreign remittances with the increase of migrant workers in the developed countries across the globe.
Banks that are eligible to Transfer money through Google Pay
Google has partnered with Western Union and Wise in order to provide the new service through the Google Pay app. Google had conveyed in a blog post that Western Union will offer free transfers while sending money through Google Pay until the 16th of June.
Google has also conveyed that Wise will provide free transfer only for the first time the customer sends money through Wise on transfers up to USD 500 (around INR 36,700). However, Google has not yet officially announced the exact transfer fee that will be charged by the service provider after their series of free transfers.
Limitations of Money Transfer through Google Pay
One of the major limitations of this new foreign transfer feature or service provided by Google Pay is limited only to two countries that is India and Singapore. However, the tech giant has conveyed that by the end of the year they have plans to expand their services to around 280 countries globally.
Another important point to be noted is that the foreign transfers through the Google Pay app are limited to individual users. This means that the new feature doesn’t let the individuals from the United Statestransfer money to any business organizations in India or Singapore.
Another important point to be noted is that users from India will not be able to transfer money to the United States. This feature or service will be available for the US users using Google Pay app.
Steps to Transfer money from US to India through Google Pay
Here are the steps to be followed for the users who would want to send money from the US to India or Singapore.
Step 1 – To send money through Google Pay, firstly you will have to search the user on the Google Pay app.
Step 2 – Tap the pay button and choose either Western Union or Wise.
Step 3 – You will have to ta continue and see the exact amount of money that the recipient will receive.
Step 4 – Again Tap continue and choose how would you want the recipient to receive the money, you will be able to choose between UPI or through cash pickup.
FAQ
Does Google pay require a bank account?
Yes, Google Pay requires a bank account.
Is Google pay available in USA?
Google Pay is available in USA and You can also send money from US to India.
Can I send money from USA to India using Google pay?
Google Pay will now let users in the US to send money to their friends and families in India and Singapore.
Conclusion
The new service would enable the tech giant to mark a spot in the foreign remittance market. The company plans to expand to more than 200 countries and territories to Western Union and around 80 countries through Wise by the end of this year.
Google has been fined by the watchdog of Italy in regards to abusing its dominant position in the market. Google already has a dominant position in the market through the Android smartphone platform. The tech company has been facing a lot of antitrust decisions in the recent years from the European Union. Let’s look at why the tech company has been fined by Italy’s watchdog.
Google has been fined by the watchdog of Italy which is estimated to be around USD 123 million for abusing its dominant position in the market. The case is related to the modified version of Google’s OS which is used in cars known as Android Auto.
The case is specifically concentrated on restrictions made by Google on their platform towards an electric car charging app called juice pass which is made by an energy company called Enel X Italia.
Reason for the Fine
Android Auto is a feature offered by Google for the drivers and motorists to access the maps and music streaming device while the vehicle is on the run through a dash mounted device. But Enel X Italia is a third-party app that was denied access to provide its features on Android Auto.
Enel X Italia’s mobile app is available through the smartphone version of the android platform but the users can’t use it or are supposed to use their phone while driving. So, the restriction of access of the app on the Android Auto is equal to cutting down their competition.
The authorities have conveyed that the Google Maps app which provides basic services for the Electric vehicles such as finding and getting directions to charging points is available through Android Auto.
According to the findings of certain authorities, Google did not allow Enel X Italia to develop a version of the JuicePass app which would be compatible with the Android Auto OS.
The JuicePass app had features that would be compatible with the motorists with safety. The app would let the motorists to find an electric vehicle station, providing directions and even reserving a place at the station.
By restricting the availability of the app on the Android Auto the authorities claim that the company has favored its Google Maps which currently provides the features of finding and locating charging stations and in the future can provide the features such as reserving a place and payment.
The ACGM
The AGCM has conveyed that Google had violated the Article 102 of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union and has given an order to make the mobile application of JuicePass available on the Android Auto platform.
They also added that Google will have to provide the same access towards the Android Auto to other third-party app developers. AGCM has conveyed that it has concerns about whether Google’s restrictions on apps would have an impact on the electric mobility market.
They added that if this was going to continue then it would permanently impact the future of JuicePass and reduce their user base when the electric mobility market is developing in the country. This would reduce the choice for the consumers and also act as a barrier to innovation.
Google has denied the accusation and has conveyed that they haven’t done anything wrong. At the same time, the company hasn’t confirmed whether they were planning to appeal. The tech giant has confirmed that the restrictions that they place on the applications are necessary to maintain the safety of the drivers.
They conveyed that they have been opening up the platform to more apps over time with thousands of them being more compatible. They have conveyed that they intend to expand its availability.
Google has said in a statement that they have strict guidelines on the types of apps which are currently supported and these apps are based on certain industry standards and driver distraction tests. They said that they disagree with the decision of the authority and are planning to review their options.
FAQ
What is meant by antitrust?
Antitrust laws are regulations that encourage competition by limiting the market power of any particular firm.
What are the 3 antitrust laws?
The three major antitrust laws in the U.S. are: the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA).
What is ACGM in Italy?
The Italian Competition Authority or AGCM is the Competition regulator in Italy.
Conclusion
The AGCM has said that it would monitor the compliance of Google so that it ensures to order it effectively and implements the obligations correctly to provide access to third party apps through Android Auto.
The coronavirus pandemic has led mostly all the companies to ask their employees to work from home. This was not possible few years back but now it is a reality. Recently, Google had announced about it plan for a new working policy for its employees. Let’s look at Google’s new working policy and the effectiveness of it.
Sundar Pichai who is the CEO of Alphabet and Google has announced a new working policy for the company’s employees that is a hybrid model. The new working model will allow most of the employees to work out of their office for 3 days in a week and the rest employees to work remotely every day.
As the company is shifting to the hybrid work week model the company is expected to provide employees with more choices which include more global locations and remote work.
According to the model, around 60 % of the Google’s employees will have to come to the office at least a few days a week, the other 20 % will work in new locations and the final 20 % of the employees will be able to work from home.
Sundar Pichai conveyed in a blog post that majority of the employees would want to be on campus sometime since Google’s campus has been at the heart of their community. He added that still some of the employees would like to have the flexibility of working from home or spending time in another city for a part of the year or some would even prefer moving there permanently.
He said that Google’s workspace in the future would have enough freedom for its employees to explore all these possibilities.
The main focus of the hybrid model is that the employees will get an option where they can work in the office for about 3 days in the office and for the rest 2 days, they will get an option to work from where they would prefer working from.
He added that it may vary according to the roles of certain employees as the job would demand them to be on-site for some projects.
The company is expecting to provide access to employees to choose from the options such as being able to apply to move to another office by the mid of June. The company is also planning to offer opportunities for the employees to apply for a complete work from home option.
In an effort by the company to allow more flexibility, the employees will get an option to temporarily work from another location which would exclude their main office for up to 4 weeks in a year. This would be possible only if there is an approval.
Google is said to always have been the leader when it comes to working conditions and practices related to people said Sandeep Das who has worked as a Strategy Consultant with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Marico and Accenture. He added that the other companies will have to follow them.
He added that he finds Google’s model more effective, sound and realistic as its main focus is flexibility and choice with reducing the time for transportation of the employees, collaboration at work, time to log off and also the control over an individual’s life.
He adds that this would let working women continue their work and build their career and not to drop off in between their careers.
Bhavna Dalal, leadership development specialist and executive coach to Bloomberg, American Express, Google, HSBC, Oracle and Morgan Stanley said that in the long term there will be an improvement in the productivity when individuals choose to work from a place or surrounding which makes them feel comfortable and the best.
FAQ
What does hybrid work mean?
A hybrid team is a flexible work structure where some employees work remotely and other team members work from a central location or office.
Who is the CEO of Google 2021?
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google 2021.
What are the benefits of hybrid working?
A hybrid workplace helps keep employees safe during the pandemic, Also it eliminates the time consumed in commuting during peak hours.
Conclusion
Work from home will soon become the new normal as not only Google but many other companies are working towards finding the possibilities of continuing it even after the pandemic. Companies such as Infosys, TCS and Spotify have already begun testing the possibilities of these hybrid working models.
Sequoia Capital has invested in some of the greatest ideas that this planet has ever seen. Don Valentine founded Sequoia Capital in 1972 and it has been creating history since then. It seems they have some ‘magic formula’ to predict the immense success of start-ups that get pitched to them. Of course, they don’t pick all of them but they sure do have a good hand.
Sequoia Capital Portfolio is bejewelled with many start-ups that changed the face of the world. Sequoia Capital investments are not necessarily done in fancy places. They are willing to meet start-up owners anywhere they want. They understand that young start-ups need to save money.
But just like everything in this world, Sequoia Capital investments are not perfect. It let go of some great opportunities like:
Investing in Apple, which it dropped out of after a short period
letting go of twitter because they wanted 20-30% share and the company offered 10%
Investing in Facebook
All in all, this hasn’t stopped the venture capital from making some great investment deals.
Here’s a list of the top 13 Sequoia Capital Investments ventures that got big
Paypal
PayPal revolutionized the way we pay for things. It made cashless transactions easy and Hassel-free. Sequoia Capital investments are majorly made in companies that provide solutions to a problem.
Companies like PayPal simplify peoples’ lives therefore they are bound to make profit.
Founder: Elon Musk, Max Levchin, Peter Theil
Founded in: 1999
Partner: Michael Moritz
Partnered in: 1999
Reddit
Reddit has become the core of funny online content. Although it’s a site where people discuss and comment on all kinds of topics, its GIFs are the most popular. Recently, Reddit users shook up the stock market which made clear the power that it possesses.
Founder: Steve Huffman
Founded in: 2005
Partner: Alfred Lin
Partnered in: 2014
Tumblr
Tumblr provides creative people all around the world to create, share and follow the content of their choice. The venture capital calls this idea authentic and said that when the idea was pitched in, it was, “equivalent of love at first sight”.
It’s beautiful to see when an investor shares the vision of the founder. It’s bound to be a success.
Zoom is a video conferencing app. It provides group messaging and online meeting services that became our survivor in the Covid situation. Its top-of-the-class video and audio qualities make meetings effortless.
Who doesn’t know what WhatsApp is? If you don’t, you might be living under a rock. It an online messaging, calling, and video calling app. Recently, WhatsApp has launched its new payment feature.
It has more than 100 million active users. It’s the most used messaging app in India. Sequoia Capital funded WhatsApp and helped it reach phenomenal heights.
Yahoo is an information site that brings together all the information on one platform for users to benefit from. Yahoo is creating personalized user experiences to make the task easier.
Founder: David Fello, Jerry Yang
Founded in: 1994
Partner: Michael Moritz
Partnered in: 1995
Google
Google, the world’s biggest search engine is also among Sequoia Capital Investments. You can find out information about everything on Google. By organizing different websites and indexing their content, Google provides the best possible results for user search. It is dedicated to improving the overall user experience and caters to all their needs.
Founder: Sergey Brin, Larry Page
Founded in: 1998
Partner: Michael Moritz
Partnered in: 1999
Glossier
Glossier is another company under Sequoia Capital Investments. It is a beauty brand that customizes beauty according to the person. It focuses on individual needs rather than providing one product that is to be used by everyone.
YouTube is the world’s greatest video-sharing site. It allows users to effortlessly upload videos for users to see. Sequoia Capital Investments helped the site become a platform for learning, entertainment and message spreading that also created tons of jobs.
Founder: Chad Hurley, Javed Karim, Steve Chen
Founded in: 2005
Partner: Roelof Botha
Partnered in: 2005
Instagram
Instagram has become extremely popular in very little time. It is the go-to app to upload art and photos for the huge audience that is at your disposal. Brands and small businesses can also promote their products through influencers.
Founder: Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger
Founded in: 2010
Partner: Roelof Botha
Partnered in: 2012
Linkedin
Sequoia Capitals investments are about bringing unique ideas to life. It’s something that we all need but just cannot put a finger on. An online platform for businesses and employees that promotes jobs and servicepersons was much needed.
LinkedIn made it possible to link talented individuals to the employers that need them.
Founder: Reid Hoffman, Jeff Weiner
Founded in: 2002
Partner: Michael Moritz
Partnered in: 2003
Zomato
Zomato made the option of food delivery, wide open in India. It was present before but wasn’t used much. The brilliant idea of linking the restaurant to a hungry person worked wonders. What’s the use of good food without a foodie, right?
PicsArt is a popular online image editing app. It provides a wide range of features to present a simple photograph in the most creative way possible.
Founder: Hovhannes Avoyan, Artavazd Mehrabyan
Founded in: 2011
Partner: Mike Vernal, Stephanie Zhan
Partnered in: 2014
FAQ
How many employees does Sequoia have?
Sequoia Capital has around 760 employees.
What is sequoia capital
Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm.
Who founded Sequoia?
Sequoia was founded by Don Valentine in 1972. In the mid-1990s, Valentine gave control of the company to Doug Leone and Michael Moritz.
Conclusion
These were some amazing companies that made a mark in the world. Sequoia Capital Investments ventures have shaped these companies’ future for the better. It takes a great ‘eye’ to identify the true potential behind an idea. This venture capital continues to support bright minds with their finances.
Some recent sequoia capital investments include CoinSwitch Cuber, Pristyn Care, Druva, and Razor pay.
Sergey Brin is an American Entrepreneur and Computer Scientist. He co-founded Google along with Larry Page. He served as the President of the parent company of Google,Alphabet Inc until the year 2019. Sergey and Larry continued with their services at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, board members, and employees. He is the 9th-richest person in the world with a net worth of $ 94 billion, as of April 2021. He has received various awards for offering the convenient internet services through Google.
Sergey Brin- Biography
Name
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin
Born
21 August, 1973
Birthplace
Moscow, Russian, SFSR, Soviet Union ( now, Russia
Nationality
American
Citizenship
Soviet Union (1973- 1979); United States (since 1979)
Education
University of Maryland, College Park; Stanford University
Sergey was born in Moscow, Russia. At age six, he and his family immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union. His father, Mikhail is a retired mathematics professor at the University of Maryland. His mother, Eugenia is a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. His parents are graduates of Moscow State University (MSU).
In 2007, he was married to Anne Wojcicki, a biotech analyst and entrepreneur. The couple had a son and a daughter. However, they eventually finalized their divorce in 2011. He re-married in 2018 with Nicole Shanahan, a legal tech founder and the couple have a daughter.
Sergey Brin – Education
Sergey attended Paint Branch Montessori School in Adelphi, Maryland. He received further education from his father, who was a professor. He later joined Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland.
He completed his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1993. He studied mathematics and computer science. Post that, he went for a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.
Sergey Brin – Professional Life
In 1993, Sergey stepped his first foot in his career while interning at Wolfram Research, the developers of Mathematica. While pursuing PhD, he met Larry Page and they both discovered a web search engine. They both suspended their PhD studies to start their search engine program that became widely popular at Stanford.
He runs The Brin Wojcicki Foundation with his former wife, Anne Wojcicki. They keep donating to The Michael J. Fox Foundation and gave $1 million to support the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
He is a donor to US Democratic Party candidates and organizations. He has donated $5,000 to Barack Obama’s reelection campaign and $30,800 to the Democratic National Committee.
He recently got attracted towards the blockchain technology after building a gaming computer with his son to mine ethereum. Moreover, he has played a cameo in the 2013 film The Internship.
Sergey Brin – Journey to Search Engine Development
Sergey was focused on developing data mining systems. His startup partner, Larry Page worked on the concept of inferring the importance of a research paper. They both authored a paper titled “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine.”
The both developed PageRank algorithm and realized how it can become an effective search engine superior than others at that time. They introduced the backlinks that connected one web page to another.
Their great minds started experimenting and collating ideas, like testing their new search engine designs on the web. They used basic HTML programming skills to set up a simple search page for users. In August 1996, the initial version of Google was made accessible on the Stanford Website owing to the high popularity base of search engine in the University.
Segey and Larry are the key people who foundedGoogle on 4 September, 1998. It is headquartered in California, U. S. It is regarded one of the big five technology companies in the U. S. information technology industry. It is specialized in internet-related services like, online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Sergey Brin – PageRank
Sergey was a co-creator in discovering PageRank along with Larry Page, who named it so. It is basically an algorithm that is used by Google Search to rank web pages in their search engine results. The name PageRank was variably derived from the name of the founder, Larry Page.
PageRank determines the way of measuring the importance of website pages. Currently, it is the first algorithm that was used by Google and is best known. As of 24 September 2019, PageRank and all such associated algorithms patents are expired.
Sergey Brin – Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Logo
Sergey co-founded the company, Alphabet Incorporationalong with Larry Page. The company was founded on 2 October, 2015. It is headquartered in the U. S. Alphabet Inc. is the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. It is the fourth-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world’s most valuable companies.
The aim of the company was to restructure Google business and make it more cleaner and accountable, which basically allows greater freedom to group companies that operate in businesses other than internet services.
The National Science Foundation bestowed him with a number of earlier awards including Webby Award, Best Image Search Engine, Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine and many more.
He was introduced among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer and honors from the National Academy of Engineering
In 2009, Forbes declared Sergey and Larry on the fifth most powerful people in the world
He received the American Academy of Achievement’s golden Plate Award with Larry Page in 2004
They both received the Marconi Foundation Prize in 2004
They both received an honorary MBA from IE Business School in 2003
Sergey Brin – FAQs
What is Sergey Brin Net worth?
As of April 2021, the net worth of Sergey Brin is $94 Billion.
Is Sergey Brin American?
Sergey Brin has American nationality but he was born in Moscow, Russia.
Google has been promoting website owners and Search Engine Optimizations to adapt to mobile-first indexing for the past decade. Back in 2015, Google was promoting a mobile-friendly tag and Mobilegeddon. Recently they have come up with a new move mobile-first indexing.
They have been experimenting their mobile-first indexing for the past few weeks. From March 2021, Google has told that they would use Mobile-first indexing for all your websites. This was originally supposed to be in September 2020, but they pushed it later on.
Mobile-first indexing means mobile only. It means that Google will use its bots that are mobile-friendly to index and crawl through your website. Google’s current guidelines suggest that they do a content-parity test in the beginning and only then they would move the websites to mobile-first. This happens only when they recognize that the websites are ready.
How does Mobile-First Indexing Work?
Google has plans to implement Mobile-First Indexing from March 2021, even though your website is not ready for it. If you are posting something on your website that is visible only for desktop users and not visible for mobile users, then it will be invisible for Google’s Mobile-First indexing purposes as well.
For example, if your website posts contents about Nutrition. let’s say fitness and the post is visible only for a desktop user, and for some reason it is not visible to mobile users. Then, From March 2021 all your fitness-related content will not be indexed by Google.
Which means that you will lose your ranking for fitness related keywords. This will lead to the diminishing of the Google’s understanding of the whole page, which in turn leads to knock-on effects on your other keywords as well.
Mobile-only makes it much clear that your content will be indexed and ranked by Google only and only if it is visible through your mobile device.
There are essentially 3 different ways to have a mobile site.
Responsive Design –
This is the most common way through which a mobile site is developed. Here you will serve a single page that will automatically respond to the design to fit the device of the user. In this design, the code used is the same irrespective of the device whether it is a mobile or desktop.
Dynamic Serving –
In this method, the server checks the device used by the user who has logged in to your website whether the person is using a mobile, tablet, or a desktop. Later it would send out different HTML, Java, and JS code on the same URL according to the user’s device.
Separate Mobile Site –
This is an older way to do it. Here you will have to maintain a separate website only for mobile users. It is often maintained on an m-dot subdomain.
What will be Impacted by Mobile-First Indexing?
The main consideration that google looks for is, whether the mobile and desktop contents are the same. To be specific it considers the contents which would have an impact upon indexing, ranking, and crawling.
It includes internal links, On page contents, Titles, and descriptions, Robots.txt, Page resources, Meta robots, Canonicals, Hreflang, and structured data. In short, it would look at the contents for the users as well as contents that will act as signals for the search engines.
You can also check if your website is mobile friendly or not. As Google offers a website where you can test your website to see if it is mobile friendly or not.
When you look at the term mobile-first, the reference content parity does not necessarily mean, all the content must be exactly the same in both mobile as well as desktop. You just have to ensure that the bits that are important for your website visitors and the search engines should be visible.
It can be differentiated into Two different categories.
Content
If you have content on your website which you want your users to see, then you will have to make sure that it is also visible on the mobile website page.
HTML
If you have HTML tags that you want the search engines to see then ensure that the tags are present in the mobile rendered HTML.
These are the two broad categories that you should ensure for content parity between mobile and desktop.
FAQ
What happens during Google indexing process?
Google analyzes the content of the page, catalogs images and video files embedded on the page, and tries to understand the page.
What are the tools of SEO?
Ahrefs, Google Search Console, SEMRush, Moz Pro, Ubersuggest are the some of the best tools of SEO.
How long does it take for Google to index a site?
It seems to take as little as 4 days and up to 6 months for a site to be crawled by Google.
Conclusion
Some of you would have received a notification in Google Search Console long back about the shift to mobile-first indexing of your website. John Mueller has said that we essentially need to be sure that the mobile version when indexed with mobile should be similar to the desktop version. So that we will be able to shift it without any problems.
Google is planning to implement this mobile-First indexing to every single website in the world.
Google is a part of our daily lives. Every child in today’s generation knows the phrase “Ask Google”. Google is a multidimensional diverse company. Google is widely popular and admired as one of the best employers. It is Google’s mission to “arrange all available information and make it universally available and beneficial.”
Every professional’s dream is to work for Google once in a lifetime. But the question is.
How? How to achieve that feat? How to get a job at Google?
In this article, you will find everything you need to know to get a job at Google. We look at self-reflection to salary negotiation. So, read on and implement!
Google has won Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work Award for 12 years
Self-Reflection: Know Yourself First Before Starting Out
Before you delve into the depths of your hunt, focus on yourself. Learn about your strengths and weaknesses, your passions. Think about the best, most successful instances of your experience, and paint a picture of your career to date and how do you want to further shape it. But remember, It is always difficult to build a career on something you are not passionate about.
Ask yourself:
Which skill once mastered made everything easy after it
Which of your job roles to date you consider most rewarding and why?
What was your best teamwork and why was it remarkable?
Why do you want to get a job at Google?
This exercise will allow you to focus on yourself, understand your skills, interests, your goals. And how does this align with Google’s mission and vision?
The first step is to learn about Google, so you have enough information to choose the right jobs. There is a lot of information available especially on the company pages, employee opinions, team sites, blogs, YouTube channels. Research and understand the company, the aim here is for your ambition or wish for a certain type of job/work environment should mold with the company.
You will get some answers to your initial question “how do you get hired in Google”? You should now be able to fathom the company culture and pinpoint the part of the company and role that feels like the best match for your goals and future.
You will find open jobs in the career section of the company website or other websites dedicated to prospective employees. Following its time-honored tradition, Google encourages applicants to “match your skills and interests to jobs you’re excited about and the problems you want to solve,” according to its website.
Though it is recommended to apply only for the best-suited role, if you feel other jobs match your skill sets, then apply for those. But be careful not to apply too many as this may have a detrimental effect on your applications(s).
Sending Google Resume and Cover Letter: Tailored to Fit
The advice given on Google’s website is to start from scratch, if you apply for more than one role, then design a resume separately for each. Google has an inclination for energetic, inventive, modes, and eager to learn candidates. Does your resume highlight these qualities?
So in your quest of “how to get a job in Google”, keep mind while building a resume:
Match your skills and experience with the job role details. Include examples and data of work done.
Talk about projects you have been part of, successes and lessons learned, how achievement was measured, etc.
Highlight your leadership style, the team you managed, challenges, and scope of work.
But also, be precise and concise. An ideal resume generally does not exceed 2 pages, make each word count. Keep it short.
You may or may not include a cover letter, if you have submitted s strong resume then a cover letter can be missed. If you want to include one, keep the same points as resume building in mind. For example, tailor it to the job you’re applying for, talk about what will you bring to the table, and provide practical instances. You may express your personality more through the letter. Quality, not quantity, is the focus.
The recruitment team will get your application at this stage and deem if you might be a good match for the role. Then the hiring process begins
This may vary depending on roles, location, teams but the basic lines remain similar. Let us look at some of the ways you may be assessed for an interview:
Online assessments: A common starting process for many organizations, a brief online assessment like writing a code or reasoning or quiz, etc. may start the process.
Short informal chats: Before the more formal interview, an informal chat over the telephone or video may be scheduled. These usually take place with the staffing team before your conversation with the hiring manager.
Project work: Sometimes, instead of an online assessment or along with it, a small project is assigned to you. These test your technical ability you shouldn’t be scared of them. These are designed to understand your thought process and problem-solving skills.
Formal interviews: the next stage will be formal interviews to assess your fit with the company and profile you have applied for. Google wants the best as the company is only as good as the people working in it. It is designed to be friendly, warm but rigorous, and through, up to 3-4 interviews in a day.
Above all, it is you’re your demonstrable skill that is assessed, and how you fit the vacancy is discussed. So, you will be appraised under the following guiding lights:
Structured interview: The same explicit set of criteria is used to adjudge every candidate. The perspective for everyone remains even, so your uniqueness can emerge.
Open-ended questions: Open-ended questions allow you the room to have your say, express yourself, and provide solutions or examples of your work. to learn how you solve problems. Your hiring manager needs to know how your mind works, how you fit in the team, and what your strengths are.
You also get a chance to ask questions to learn about your work environment. Keep in mind to ask relevant things. A few are like these:
Day-day responsibilities
Company values and characteristics the ideal candidate
Experience of the interviewer with google
Opportunities for professional development
Challenging aspect of this job
Decision and Offer: Let’s Negotiate with Google
The process comes full circle with the hiring team reviewing everything from application to interview. All the perspectives play an important role, if you meet all the criteria, the recruiter will reach out to you. And then you get that most awaited offer to join the team.
You will be informed about the terms and conditions of the offer. You may want to go through these in detail and negotiate if you feel there is room for that. Once both parties agree, you have landed your dream job with Google.
It is important to be yourself during the entire process because Google will look not only at your skills but you as a person and how you fit in the team. There are a lot of brilliant minds working to make Google but there is always room for average, hard, and diligent workers as well. You have to have the skill to perform the job.
Google though a huge ensemble, still retains the feel of a small company. There is always an opportunity around the corner especially in technical fields with advances every day. The environment is conducive for personal and professional and development. Even if you don’t make it on the first attempt, learn from it and try again when the time is right.
Build up your coding skills (if you’re applying for an engineering job).
It’s better not to apply externally through the company website (instead focus on internships, campus recruiting, and referrals).
Directly reach out to a Google recruiter.
What jobs can you do at Google?
Find your role.
Engineering & Technology. Develop the products and tools of the future for billions of users.
Sales, Service & Support. Equip businesses with the right tools to help them grow.
Marketing & Communications. Connect users to the product magic.
Design.
Business Strategy.
Finance.
Legal.
People.
Can I do a job in Google?
One can apply for jobs at Google directly through the Google website. It’s simple—enter the field of your preference, add your location, and finally add the skills and experience relevant to the job you’re looking for. Google will filter jobs according to your set preferences; all you have to do is apply.
Are Google employees happy?
Google Ranks #1 out of the CareerBliss 50 Happiest Companies for 2020. Unlike any other award, CareerBliss honors the top companies that are succeeding in building a happy culture and positive workplace for employees. This year moving up from its position at No. 4 is Google ranking No. 1.
Is it hard to get a job at Google?
People have reported that the interview at Google is difficult. The interview process takes about a week. People have rated the overall interview experience as favorable.
Is working at Google stressful?
The work is tough, projects can change drastically and a pivot can hide behind every corner. It’s stressful to work at companies like Apple, Google and Amazon. One area the report analyzes is stress levels—which companies are making their employees feel the most stress.
Conclusion
The hiring process at Google is a very crucial and important part of the company’s culture. People working at Google care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. The company also care about building a more representative and inclusive workplace, and that starts with hiring the suitable and deserving candidate. In order to truly build for everyone, the company is looking for candidates that have a wide diversity of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there. Keep trying and keep applying for jobs at Google. There is a lot of competition in this process as a lot of candidates apply at Google. But in the end, it will be worth it and all effort put into the process will be fruitful.
Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation (ADIF) is a body formed by a group of Indian investors and startup founders. They have joined hands together to set up a new alliance.
This body is also expected to in the creation of sustainable development and growth in the digital economy in the country by interacting with the government and regulators on the policy framework that is required.
The main objective of the Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation is to join together and break the dominance of foreign internet giants like Google.
The body was set up when the Indian startups were dissatisfied and were against the new billing policy of Google. According to the new policy, Google has made it mandatory for Indian developers who use Google Play to pay 30% commission for every in-app purchase.
This had led to a debate in the Indian Technology ecosystem. Several Indian founders have accused Google saying that it was abusing its dominance in the market.
Focus of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation
In a statement from the committee of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation (ADIF), it has said that the association will concentrate and will be committed towards building a technology ecosystem that will be open, fair, neutral, and self-reliant.
Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation (ADIF) as a representative body for the Indian technological startups will also ensure the growth and development of the digital economy of the country.
The body will focus on including all the technology companies and building a sustainable economy for providing solutions in the country that can also be used globally.
Members of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation
The body mainly has individuals who are Indian startup owners or investors. The members of the association include Ajay Data who is the Managing Director of Data Group of Industries, Ritesh Mallik who is the Founder at Innov8 Coworking, Sairee Chahal who is the Founder & CEO of SHEROES, Snehil Khanor who is the Co-founder and CEO of TrulyMadly.
Ajay Data
The body also includes Anand Lunia who is the Founding Partner of India Quotient, Amit Sinha who is the Co-Founder – Unnati. Shailesh Vikram Singh who is the Managing Partner of Massive Fund, Murugavel Janakiraman who is the Founder and CEO of Matrimony.com.
Ajay Data, the Secretary-General of ADIF has said that, ADIF’s main aim is to help the Indian Technological companies in building a sustainable and favorable business environment.
Plans of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation
ADIF has plans to work together with Indian and Global research experts. Their focus is to understand the possibility for the growth of Indian technological startups.
Barriers
They are also focusing on empowering the ecosystem by trying to remove the barriers and difficulties faced by the Indian technological startups at the entry-level. This will help the Indian companies to grow, expand, develop and become self-sustainable.
Membership
ADIF is also planning to open in the top 25 cities in the coming months. They are also focusing on increasing their membership in Tier-I and Tier-II cities. They also plan to cover the rest of the Indian towns.
Policies
The organization is working towards assisting in the creation of policies with the regulators thinking about the future and being able to do business in an easier way. They aim to make India as the top destination for capital and innovation. Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation has said that they would want to become the voice of entrepreneurs in respect to the policymakers and regulators.
Knowledge hub
Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation is expected to create a knowledge hub and a central location in which the resources for building digital products and services will be stored. They expect more than 1,000 members to join their trust.
FAQ
Who are the members of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation?
The members include Murugavel Janakiraman of Bharat Matrimony, Snehil Khanor of TrulyMadly, Dr Ritesh Mallik of Innov8 Coworking and Sairee Chahal of SHEROES, among others.
What is the focus of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation?
The focus of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation is to build an association that will concentrate and will be committed towards building a technology ecosystem that will be open, fair, neutral, and self-reliant.
Why was Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation founded?
Indian startups were against the new billing policy of Google. According to policy Indian developers who use Google Play to pay 30% commission for every in-app purchase.
Conclusion
A fully foreign-dominated organization that does not have an Indian in their decision-making process will not be part of Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation. The organization has been set up as a trust and will concentrate on entry-level Indian Technology companies.
However, they are yet to be finalized with certain definitions. They are planning to start the onboarding soon. ADIF has said that there will be elections soon in order to appoint formal positions in the Trust.
Rajan Anandan is an Indian businessman, who served as the Vice President of Google India. His took up the role of Managing Director of Google across India and South East Asia in August, 2011. He co-founded the first seed fund of Sri Lanka. Currently, he serves as the Managing Director of Sequoia Capital India. Prior to all these, he also held leadership roles with the well known firms Microsoft and Dell. Rajan was also a partner with McKinsey & Co. He is also an Angel Investor in early stage startups.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stanford University
Profession
Businessman, Investor, Executive
Position
Managing Director at Sequoia Capital
Net worth
INR. 70 Crores (2020)
Parents
V.S Kumar Anandan
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Rajan Anandan- Personal Life
Rajan Anandan was born in 1966 inNew Delhi, India. He lived in India for a short while and moved to the USA for higher studies. He was a bright student and displayed an interest in the technology development field. He is married and has two children. He loves to read books and play Golf.
Rajan Anandan
Rajan Anandan- Education
The Rajan Anandan education resume is filled with very prestigious colleges abroad. He completed his primary education from a private school in New Delhi, India. He then moved to USA and pursued a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He further studied Msc. in Manufacturing and System Engineering from Stanford University.
Rajan Anandan- Professional Life
Rajan Anandan is a businessman, Angel Investor and Executive from New Delhi. He provided support to varied startups as an Angel Investor. He partnered with McKinsey firm from 1992-2003. He eventually gained a good knowledge and experience of the corporate world.
He served as the General Manager and Vice President at Silicon Valley based, Dell Inc. Country during 2001-2008. Post 2008, he worked for two years as the Managing Director at Microsoft India.
He then worked for Google India and looked after the Google operations across South Asian Businesses from 2011-2019. He gave up his job at Google India and joined venture capital organisation, the Silicon Valley-based, Sequoia Capital in 2019.
Rajan Anadan started his job at Google in 2011. He managed to build an internet ecosystem for Google. His leadership and entrepreneurial zeal helped him to raise overall internet ecosystem in India. He drove more growth to Google India and revamped the internet ecosystem for the organisation. After contributing for eight years, he ended his position of President at Google Asia Pacific in April, 2019 and Vikas Agnihotri replaced him on the intern role as the Managing Director.
Rajan Anandan- Angel Investor
Rajan Anandan has invested on various startups such as, Bangalore-based online lingerie venture Buttercups, Pregbuddy, Druva, Capillary Technologies, Unacademy, TravelKhana, EasyGov., Instamojo, WebEngage, BOV Capital and more. He has invested and gave support to around 80 start-ups until now. He is planning to invest $1.5 million in startups of South Asian countries.
Rajan Anandan joined the funding task through Sequoia Capital India, which is a non-profit organisation. He is the Managing Director at Sequoia Capital. He basically acts as an investment advisorand mentor to the world’s top scale-up program ‘Surge’ for startups. Surge is a program for a rapid early progress for startups by providing access to capital, talent, network and company building knowledge. Rajan’s deep understanding of technology and experience in expanding the internet ecosystem will eventually raise the amount of acceptance among customers and businesses. This will advance innovation while building a multi-billion dollar business that continues to grow very fast.
Gone are the days when corporates had file rooms or storage rooms to have their data backed up. With the evolution in technology these rooms were replaced by computers and now most of its applications are being managed by cloud services.
Cloud services refer to a wide range of services, provided on demand to organizations which are used to data compilation, storage and day to day applications. These services are designed to provide hassle free access to resources and applications without the need of internal infrastructure or any hardware.
Cloud services can be delivered publicly and privately. Services which are made available to a number of consumers are public cloud services and private cloud services are provided to those who maintain highly sensitive data such as healthcare or banking institutions.
February 16,2021 – TCL and Google Cloud have decided to deploy services to organizations through TATA communications’ IZO Managed Cloud, including services like infrastructure planning, workload migration and ongoing operational support.
Tata Communications
Tata Communications, the Global Digital Enabler is present in more than 200 countries and serves 7000 plus customers globally that represent 300 companies of the Fortune 500.
Tata communications’ IZO cloud Management services is a cloud service that provides an orchestration platform to manage and integrate the IT requirements of an organisation. IZO Private Cloud provides scalable resources, hybrid cloud management, and top notch risk and security management. It provides the required expertise, infrastructure and services to act as a catalyst in driving the business growth and enhanced performance.
IZO Cloud command portal offers a tool that integrates different IT requirements under a single umbrella with a unified cloud experience. With a comprehensive view of IT resource utilization, it grants better control to the customer with cost efficiencies and improved productivity.
IZO – Google Cloud Partnership
With Tata communications already spanned across the globe with its cloud services, now has taken a leap further by collaborating with Google cloud. It has thus further gained grounds with its managed public cloud services by adding finer resources by the Google Cloud. Google cloud is expanding its cloud footprint with already marked regions in the Asia-Pacific.
This partnership will enable organisations to utilize and access google cloud through Tata communications IZO managed cloud, while also providing them with user friendly and end to end services. This also includes cloud infrastructure planning, workload migration and ongoing operational support.
It will also support organisations with infrastructure and application modernisation, data transformation, analytics and multi-cloud management. Along with infrastructure management. Tata communications will also manage Kubernetes deployments on google cloud to support containerization in hybrid multi-cloud environments.
Market Share of Leading Cloud Infrastructure service providers
The Cloud market
According to a survey conducted by the International Data Corporation, the cloud market has grown over 26% over the years with revenues totaling $233.4 billion.
“Cloud is expanding far beyond niche e-commerce and online ad-sponsored searches. It underpins all the digital activities that individuals and enterprises depend upon as we navigate and move beyond the pandemic,” said Rick Villars, group vice president, Worldwide Research at IDC.
It also points out that the Covid-19 pandemic has been a catalyst in accelerating cloud adoption and estimates that organisations will soon convert to becoming cloud centric IT. As a result of the pandemic, 64% of Indian companies are expected to increase the demand in cloud computing while 56% will opt for cloud software to keep up with the trends.
“The current demands on enterprises to manage and optimise their cloud solutions has never been more important, especially in the wake of Covid-19 and our increasing reliance on cloud infrastructure,” said Rajesh Awasthi, global head of cloud and managed hosting Services at Tata Communications.
“As organizations migrate to Google Cloud, they need a partner that will support them across their entire IT ecosystem and deliver a unified cloud management platform that offers greater transparency, control and security of their data and applications,” he added.
Amitabh Jacob, head of partners and alliances at Google Cloud India, said the true test of 2021 will be how organizations adopt a cloud-first approach. “Through our partnership with Tata Communications, we will be able to provide our customers with a unified, end-to-end experience that will remove the complexity in cloud management and help them transform at speed and scale”, he added.
The Future of Cloud computing
Organizations in the future will not require employees to work at physical desks or even devices. Cloud based systems will take over instead unifying the entire process to make it further more efficient and productive. Cloud computing is already being opted by half the organizations around the globe.
The easy to use and tech-rich environment has made it the need of the hour for organisations that want to simplify their resources and management tools. Hybrid multi-clouds are helping organizations with expert assessment and seamless workload migration hence making cloud computing a cost effective and sustainable choice in the long run.
FAQ
What is a Kubernete Engine?
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) provides a managed environment for deploying, managing, and scaling your containerized applications using Google infrastructure.
What is IZO?
IZO is a cloud Platform & services provided by Tata. It is a flexible, one-stop cloud enablement platform designed for organisations to navigate complexity for more agile business performance.
What are the different types of cloud services?
The different types of cloud service are IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) and SaaS (Software-as-a-Service).
