I applied for a job at Google, but thought it would be unlikely they would even get an interview. I am not a typical FAANG candidate (older, remote, mostly experience with small companies, no internal referral, etc.) and worry I am wasting my time with these interviews. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations? Especially if you interviewed as an atypical candidate at Google and other FAANGs.

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Listen, if Google is scheduling interviews with you, you did something right!

My best advice is do what you’re doing - preparing for the interview - but also as you ask questions during the interview - learn what you can, glean insight from what they want - so if you don’t get the job, you’ll know what to improve on so you can get the job.

That said, have fun, learn and shoot your shot.

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Just make sure to be able to answer questions in why you suddenly want to change to a large corp and how you intend to deal with the huge cultural gaps

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