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I read an article about Google's corporate culture that mentioned they chose $2,718,281,828 as the target amount for their IPO. The number represents 'e' a mathematics constant and its choice alludes to mathematical humor that is ingrained in Google's culture. While reading the article, I had the idea to try and channel that levity in pursuit of a position at Google. Why not put my Resume on a Rubik's Cube?

I recently saw a Google job posting in my city that looks like a good match to my knowledge and skills, so I created the Rubik's Cube pictured above. As another inspiration I included QR codes on each side to attach relevant content to my Resume.

I'm happy with the result but one question remains: Do I send this to Google with all 6 sides completed as I laid them out, or do I send it jumbled? Close advisors tell me I should send it clean and readable, but something inside tells me I should send it jumbled. Please tell me what you think in comments to this post.


UPDATE1: The people have spoken
Its unanimous everyone agrees I should send in this Resume on a Rubik's Cube unsolved. I posted a youtube video of me scrambling the cube.




UPDATE2: @GoogleJobs has spoken
I tweeted my question to @GoogleJobs and they responded.



UPDATE3: It is sent
Here's what I sent to Google. 

After spending so much time trying to make everything letter perfect, it killed me a little when the shipper corrected their typo like this.





UPDATE4: I got an Interview with Google

I had a phone interview with the country head of marketing for Canada. He confirmed that it was the Rubik's Cube resume that got their attention. The interview was for a job that was quite a departure from my background and much more senior than the one I had applied for. As you can imagine there are a lot of candidates applying to Google and they just called me to let me know that I won’t be going on to the next interview.

I’m proud of myself for the creative way I got the interview, and I’m proud of the work I did to prepare for the interview. It’s a good ending to this adventure.

Freaky part of the story:  the same day I was first contacted by Google for an interview, I signed a great contract with one of Canada’s largest technology companies. That was a good day.