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How Sundar Pichai did his Google interview!
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a candid chat with students on Thursday at his alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, shared his interview experience at the internet giant back in 2004.
​Karagpur: Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a candid chat with students on Thursday at his alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, shared his interview experience at the internet giant back in 2004.
Asked about his job interview at Google, Sundar Pichai in a lighter tone said: "I was interviewed at Google on April 1st, 2004, which is April Fools’ Day.
Google had just announced Gmail, and it was invite-only, but people weren't exactly sure whether it was an April Fools’ joke."
It wasn't until halfway through the process that he realised it was a real thing, he said at the discussion moderated by InfoEdge MD and CEO Hitesh Oberoi.
A cricket and soccer fan, Pichai revealed that Infosys founder Narayana Murthy was his idol during college days and that he loved watching Sachin Tendulkar play.
"So I remember doing my interviews during the day and people kept asking me 'what do you think of Gmail?' But I hadn't had a chance of using it. I thought it was an April Fools’ joke.
So in my first three interviews I couldn't answer it well because I hadn't used the product," the Google CEO said. A student asked Pichai what they would have to do to replace him. "I'd say, be careful what you wish for, but happy to discuss over a cup of chaai," he said.
Pichai also exuded confidence that big global software companies will start emerging from India in the next five to 10 years.
"In five- to 10-year time frame, we will see big global software companies coming out of India." Pichai earned his degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.
He joined Google in 2004 as its vice-president of product management, where he led the team working on Google's Chrome browser and operating system.
He was in August 2015 named chief executive officer of Google Inc. "It was only in the fourth interview when someone asked me: 'Have you seen Gmail?'
I said no. He actually showed it to me. And then the fifth interviewer asked 'what do you think of Gmail?' And I was able to start answering it then."
"And in the final four interviews I actually told them about what I think of Gmail and how to improve Gmail. And that's my interview experience."
