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Google CEO's rejected 7-year-old girl job application

After an apparently very influential career talk with her father, 7-year-old Chloe Bridgewater decided to go where many hopeful job seekers have gone before: the Google careers page.  After submitting her version of an application to work at Google (addressed to "google boss"), she waited for a response. But instead of the dreaded non-response or generic form letter, she received a letter from the company's CEO, Sundar Pichai, just a few days later. Google confirmed the letters between the tech CEO and young girl from Hereford, England, are real. Letter-writer Chloe with her career coach and dad. IMAGE: ANDY BRIDGEWATER In the letter, which wasn't exactly a rejection but more of a supportive message, Pichai wrote, "I look forward to receiving your job application when you are finished with school! :)" He added encouragement for the girl to keep learning about computers, robots and technology, saying, "you can accomplish everything you set your mi