> Google will flat out refuse. Not necessarily but somewhat practically. I've applied internally at 2 of the big 5 companies for outside activity projects and

> Google will flat out refuse. Not necessarily but somewhat practically. I've applied internally at 2 of the big 5 companies for outside activity projects and 1 was denied and the other was approved. It definitely blacklists a ton of ideas which sucks but it is possible (my side project which got approved has a main competitor which sold for over a billion USD).