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Re:Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview by acchow on Friday December 16, 2016 @01:46PM (#13195628)
I'd say most of the people who drank the koolaid before even working there self-selected to be at Google because they hadn't tried a job anywhere else in the Bay Area (specifically SF).

What makes Google better than, say, Dropbox? Github? Facebook? Etc?

Disclaimer: former Googler. Currently FB.

Re:Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview by morgante on Friday December 16, 2016 @02:12PM (#13195859)
> What makes Google better than, say, Dropbox? Github? Facebook? Etc?

Nothing, but they all pay well and are extremely rigorous in interviews.