Verbal communication tips

Why are you leaving your current position?
• A good answer will be generally positive, seeking better challenges or goals. Contract expirations and familial obligations are also common.
• A poor answer would be ranting against the current employer or generally being negative. Honesty is not necessarily negativity. The key is how they view their departure, whether they seek self-improvement whatever the situation.

Why do you want to work for GOOGLE?
• An excellent answer will be enthusiastic about GOOGLE and its business and problem space, demonstrating knowledge of our sites and familiarity with its use.
• A good answer will be enthusiastic about GOOGLE and show a desire to work in this environment and on our sorts of problems.
• A mediocre answer will demonstrate a lack of knowledge of our site and operations

Tell me about a recent project that you have worked on.
• An excellent answer will discuss an in-depth project involving a complicated problem, have a clear description of the problem that explains why it was difficult, describe the solution chosen, and reference how the candidate was involved in the entire process and implementation.
• A good answer may involve a small project that was well-executed, or a large project working on a simple problem, or a complex problem for which a sub-optimal solution was chosen.
• An acceptable answer will describe a project in detail from problem to implementation.
• A poor answer will not give a clear explanation of what the purpose of the project was, or will neglect to mention a solution at all, or will say the candidate was not actually involved in the project being described.