<p>Hi all.</p>
<p>I have just joined this forum after going through the whole discussion about the Google BOLD program. I’m surprised to see that even though so many people participate in the discussions here, share their fears and doubts, ask questions and so on… very few care to come back and share their experience with other nervous candidates. But what they obviously don’t forget to do is post the oh-so-modest, “hey, I got selected!!!”</p>
<p>I think a community is called a community because people in it help each other. This is the only place on the web that actually discusses this program, why not do that well? I request people who have been through the interviews to PLEASE share their experiences along with the joys or sorrows.</p>
<p>About myselfI have just been selected for the Google India BOLD program. While the BOLD program elsewhere talks of non-technical roles, I received a mail today saying, "This program includes three main components: a software project, skills-based training, and professional development. We will have BOLD Interns hosted in both our India Engineering offices - Bangalore and Hyderabad.</p>
<p>That means that you will be working on a software engineering project. Hence, the next rounds of interviews will be about your Computer Science and Programming skills. So please be ready for questions on Data Structures, Algorithms,Operating Systems and short coding problems - the sort that are asked on TopCoder and other such sites. There is no preferred programming language so C/C++/Java/Python are all acceptable."</p>
<p>NOW I find myself confused. What do I prepare forstuff like Google’s business model and products, or DS, algos, OS etc.? Heck, even though I am a CSE student, coding in any form is not what defines me! I wonder if this is what they want, why did they select me (on the basis of my resume and essay)?</p>
<p>If anybody here can throw some light on this issue, I’d be very thankful. I don’t want to rote-learn these topics just to get this internship. I was excited to be contesting for it because in its non-technical form, I felt it so me.</p>
<p>P.S: The program doesn’t seem to be made strictly for the URMs. Why, a guy in my class got selected too. And here in India minorities in the tech sector PRIMARILY mean girls, as far as I know.</p>