Do it. I'm not an engineer but I just went through the interview process for an analytics/strategy role at google. I was successful is getting the role. I found

Do it. I'm not an engineer but I just went through the interview process for an analytics/strategy role at google. I was successful is getting the role. I found the process fun and challenging. You do use those skills in every day work at Google, maybe not directly but its valuable to be able to learn to be efficient and think outside of the box