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About <strong>the</strong> Author<br />

Gayle Laakmann’s interviewing<br />

expertise comes from vast experience<br />

on both sides of <strong>the</strong> desk<br />

She has completed Software Engineering<br />

interviews with - and<br />

received offers from - Microsoft,<br />

Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM,<br />

Goldman Sachs, Capital IQ, and a<br />

number of o<strong>the</strong>r firms<br />

Of <strong>the</strong>se top companies, she has<br />

worked for Microsoft, Apple and<br />

Google, where she gained deep<br />

insight into each company’s hiring practices<br />

Most recently, Gayle spent three years at Google as a Software Engineer<br />

and was one of <strong>the</strong> company’s lead interviewers She interviewed over<br />

120 candidates in <strong>the</strong> U S and abroad, and led much of <strong>the</strong> recruiting<br />

for her alma mater, <strong>the</strong> University of Pennsylvania<br />

Additionally, she served on Google’s Hiring Committee, where she reviewed<br />

each candidate’s feedback and made hire / no-hire decisions<br />

She assessed over 700 candidates in that role, and evaluated hundreds<br />

more resumes<br />

In 2005, Gayle founded CareerCup com to bring her wealth of experience<br />

to candidates around <strong>the</strong> world Launched first as a free forum for<br />

interview questions, CareerCup now offers a book, a video and mock<br />

interviews<br />

Gayle holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science from<br />

<strong>the</strong> University of Pennsylvania<br />

CareerCup com<br />

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