Google reveals hiring tips - 'Don't compromise. Ever'

Google receives two million job applications per year. That’s not a typo. Two MILLION. It hires a few thousand of those, a ratio that makes it pickier than the Ivy League or Oxbridge.

In his new book, Work Rules!, Laszlo Bock, SVP, People Operations, discusses Google’s hiring process and what it takes to work for one of the most prestigious names in tech.

Since he joined, the company has grown from 6,000 employees to 60,000 and Bock claims that it takes an average of six weeks to secure a hire. Every candidate needs to be screened by their potential boss, potential colleagues, a hiring committee and finally Google CEO Larry Page.