How to get interview call from Google

Here are some top tips which will help you land your dream job at Google, one among the most sought after company by tech professionals.

1)Gain professional experience-:

"If you have the right professional experience, it might not even matter if you have no university degree at all. (Of course, having a good degree is always preferable.)" Lutz Enke, Hamburg Googler. The statement is enough to determine the importance of relevant experience in bagging a job at the company.

2)Polish your coding skills if applying for an engineering job

While GPA is comes as one criteria. When you're starting out, what matters is how well you can understand coding and come up with innovative ways to excel in it. It is also important to figure out ways to quickly improve in your skills.

3) Focus on internships, campus recruiting and referral opportunities

"The best ways to get an interview with mediocre grades is the best way to get interviews in general...If you have to externally apply via (for example) a company web site, your chances of getting an interview aren't very good,'' as per  John L. Miller, interviewer at Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.

4)Reach out to a recruiter directly

"I have gotten two interviews at Google (both I have failed miserably)...but I got them. The first one I got by going on LinkedIn and emailing Google Recruiters. I emailed 3, and 1 responded,'' says Mark Kuczmarski on Quora.

5)Excel in a specialty

Google hunts for 'T-Shaped people' who are pretty skilled in one area, often the best in their field, but should also have other interests, as per staff.com.

6)Don't write your GPA on your resume if its low

"We all know Google doesn't care about the GPA if the Engineer is good enough. But still when the HR is comparing your resume with thousands of other resume, you don't want anything on your resume which is not your strength. And, I think having a low GPA does hurt your chances in some way'', answers  Shubham Bansal on Quora.

7)Wait for at least three years after school

"If you apply within 3 years [of graduation], Google will ask for your transcript and it will stay in the electronic records used by Google recruiters forever. If you wait to apply and don't volunteer your GPA they shouldn't ask,'' says Harvey Alcabes, MIT CS alumni.