Googleyness

Googleyness is a set of qualities that make you stand out from the pack and fit into Google’s unique work culture. Google looks for this googleyness in the employees they hire. Here are 10 essential points:

Uncertainty is your bestfriend
In uncertain situations, we are able to tap into our creativity and come up with solutions we otherwise could not have.

Striving for Excellence
Excellence is not a destination to reach, it is an iterative process that needs to keep repeating.

Keep an eye on your goals
You need to focus on your goals and group goals that will help you achieve more.

Being proactive
Take control of your situation and act on it instead of waiting for something to happen. Documenting your moves is important to help potential employers to see you.

Going the extra mile
Don’t do what everyone else is doing, go the extra mile. Delight the people around you.

Doing something nice for others
Honest and genuine niceness is appreciated. Be open to diversity and use it to grow yourself

Rewarding great performance
Appreciate someone for their work and they will appreciate you.

Being humble and letting go of the ego
Differentiate the problem from the person and let go of your ego

Have a sense of humor
Find ways to lighten up the mood in the gloomiest of times.

Lead like you want others to lead
At the center of everything are humans who want to grow. Lead them with your heart.

An interesting thing to note about this is that no one of these points focuses on your technical skills. This means even if you have the technical skill, but you don’t have this mindset and personality, you won’t be hired for the job.