Google Site Reliability Engineer Mock Interview
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What steps have you taken to improve collaboration between operations and IT teams?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
Site reliability engineers collaborate with teams from across the organization. Your key contacts are in DevOps or software development teams and the operations group. To be effective in this role, you need to work with organizations within Google that have conflicting objectives. Your ability to negotiate, persuade, and compromise is necessary to move the organization's objectives forward. The Google interviewer will ask you several questions to determine if you can work effectively with people outside your organization.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"I recognize that once hired by Google I will be working with individuals and teams from outside of my organization and with whom I have no direct authority. I have developed and refined my communication skills so that I can collaborate with these individuals to achieve common objectives. The skill most useful in this is active listening. I will take time to hear what the other Google stakeholders are saying, learn their concerns, and understand what they're trying to accomplish. This provides me with the information I need to promote my ideas, compromise when necessary, and negotiate agreements that move the Google stakeholders in the same direction."
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