Assignment 5

This assignment is due at 11:59 pm 9/17/2013

Watch the following video about working at Google.

Now you must do independent research to answer the following questions.

You must write 3-5 sentences for each response except for question 4 and 8.


1. In your own words describe how the workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company? How does working at Google and the environment there affect its workers?




2. How does employee freedom, like the 20% of free time Google encourages its employees to spend on any project they want, deliver better business?
 



3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?



4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?


5. In your own words discuss how Google's constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information.



6. Take a look at the following story about Google's top secret data center. Now why would Google want to keep its server room as a secret?



7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?



8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?


9. Talk about at least 3 projects that Google is currently working on. What do they want to accomplish? How long will they take to complete?


10. Look at the following story about why recent college graduates should not work for Google. Why does the writer argue recent graduates should not work at Google?



11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?






From "Our Culture at Google"

We strive to maintain the open culture often associated with startups, in which everyone is a hands-on contributor and feels comfortable sharing ideas and opinions. In our weekly all-hands (“TGIF”) meetings—not to mention over email or in the cafe—Googlers ask questions directly to Larry, Sergey and other execs about any number of company issues. Our offices and cafes are designed to encourage interactions between Googlers within and across teams, and to spark conversation about work as well as play.