What Interning at Google as a Financial Analyst Looked Like — Summer ‘21

The good, the bad, and the lessons learned along the way.

Me — cheesing hard while visiting an empty Google HQ campus in May 2021, a month before my internsip

This article will be broken down into a few sections:

1. How I got the internship (referencing another article)
2. Receiving the offer — recruiting timeline, salary negotiation
3. Onboarding
4. The internship itself

How I got the Google offer

I go in-depth in this Medium article on how I landed the offer. But the TLDR:

• Networking with a Hispanic Serving Institutions recruiter from Google
• Interview prepped for Management Consulting, which made me sharp for behavioral and technical questions
• Bringing my A-game — being full of energy, hungry, and ready to go

What receiving the offer looks like

Recruiting timeline

Google’s recruiting season is super late compared to most companies. Google recruits in Early November and candidates hear back generally around Mid to late November.