Googliness

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The biggest surprise about joining Replit so far? The people are weird. You might call them Googley. But most people don’t know what that word means.

Most current Googlers were interviewed for “Googleyness and Leadership”. But that definition is new, and it’s wrong. It’s just a rebranded behavioral interview. I’m talking about the real definition.

Eric Schmidt once described it as:

Whether or not a candidate is interesting. Imagine being stuck at LAX for six hours with a colleague …

Would you be able to pass the time in a good conversation with him?

Tiny Fey has an SNL version:

Don’t hire anyone that you wouldn’t want to run into in the hallway at three in the morning.

Eric says it’s not being likable, necessarily, but interesting:

Imagine that person represents the polar opposite of wherever you stand…

The two of you would still have a provocative conversation, and your company will be better off having the both of you on the same team.

I worked with many Googley people at Google. But the rate of Googleyness at Replit is somehow higher.