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Like most every Computer Science student looking for a summer internship, I applied to Google.
I submitted my application on their website on December 31st, 2010 and received a thank you email. About ten days later I was sent an automated email asking me to fill out a Google spreadsheet Beta candidate preference form.
I heard nothing for a month and a half. And then, on Friday, February 25th, at 5:06pm I got an email from member of the Engineering Staffing Team, Hadas:
Hi Evan,Thanks for your interest in Google!We’ve reviewed your resume and would like to learn more about you. We are interested in speaking to you about a possible summer Software Engineering Internship in one of our North American offices. To start the process we’d like to collect a bit of information from you:
I immediately filled out the forms and responded.
At 9:30pm that same evening I got another email back:
Hi Evan,Thank you for filling out the forms. I have forwarded all of your information to Becky (cc’d), the recruiter, who will be reaching out to you.Good luck :)
I emailed the recruiter, Becky, and the next day heard back from her. At this point I was increasingly impressed by their responsiveness. I had been talking to other companies and everyone had been very slow and unorganized responding to my emails.



