Getting Into Google Foobar Challenge With An Email Secrets
Google Foobar is one of the hiring process used by Google to recruit some of the best developers around the globe which they think can be a good match for their organization. There are 5 levels of challenges with increasing difficulty. I am sure you must have already known about Google Foobar challenges prior to reading this article. If you haven’t , do check out this post FOOBAR. The main aim of this article is to demonstrate how I got into Foobar with an email.
How Foobar Challenge normally occurs
Most of the Foobar Challenge comes up on someone’s browser when he/she searches some words/phrases related to programming. For eg:- it’s known that while searching for “Mutex Lock” ,“Python list comprehensions”, or “headless chrome” , the browser window splited with the following message:
Not everyone who searches for programming queries get Foobar Challenge. No one knows the algorithm behind it except Google. However, there’s a notion that it may be based on user’s search history or any technical keywords. People also think that after performing a number of search iterations of a technical keyword on Google Homepage, one gets invited. Although this was not on my case, I believe that our complete Google activity plays a greater role to get an invitation.
How I got into Foobar
For me, it was just a simple email. YESS!! You heard that right. After knowing about Foobar, I simply opened it’s official website http://foobar.withgoogle.com/ which landed me to the following page.
Thereafter, I clicked Contact Us section which provided me with the email:
foobar-help@gmail.com
I simply emailed the team that I was not able to access Google-Foobar Challenge and requested them to help me on this matter.
After 16 days, I received the following message.
While I got the unique and confidential link to the challenge, I would also like to point out one more thing. The team stated that they are currently working towards a long-term solution. To be frank, I don’t know what long-term solution they were trying to tell.
After visiting the link, as usual, I entered into the website that looked like UNIX command embedded interface. Although I didn’t take pics from beginning to end, I managed to take a few from my mobile and few screenshots. How Foobar Challenge normally occurs !
After completing Level 2, I got another referral link which I gave it to my friend. (Picture screenshoted )
After completing Level 3, Foobar asked me to share my solutions with a Google Recruiter. I gave all of my details: Name, Phone Number, Country, Profession, and other helpful personal links.
Currently, I am in Level 4. I have heard that Level 4 and 5 are really challenging, so I have thought to give plenty of time for them without hassle.
So, this was my story on how I got into Foobar Challenge with a single email. I don’t know if Google still provides the link for the Foobar with that method, but it’s definitely worth a try. Also, I have heard that Google has stopped hiring developers through Foobar, but haven’t found any evidence for it. Regardless of getting a job at Google or not, trying for Foobar has a lot of advantages which are enlisted hereby within:-
a) We will learn new stuffs at every level. At the end, everyone will get to learn something regardless of seniority.
b) It’s a chance to experiment our knowledge.
c) Although getting an invitation is itself an accomplishment, solving problems provide more satisfaction.
d) A chance to demonstrate our knowledge to Google recruiters which might open door to new opportunities.
What I learned from Foobar
Not everytime Foobar finds you, sometimes you need to find it.
That’s it. Should you have any queries, feel free to comment or contact me. Happy learning and best wishes for your overall journey !
