Application Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, Karnataka
January 1, 2022
Negative ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The overall process took more than 4 months.
Total 5 interviews:
- 2 coding rounds, which included DS/algo-related questions of 45 minutes each.
- 1 system design round of 1 hour.
- 1 system integration round of 1 hour.
- 1 Googliness round of 45 minutes.
Questions
Coding rounds were based on array traversal and algorithms.
System Design: Design a Netflix-like system.
System Integration: Integrate two systems where one system produces a lot of responses, and that is consumed by a slower system.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Google Application Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Application Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's Application Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
Great Office, But Promo Struggles
Application Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
November 12, 2024
Pros: Food, Internal Mobility, People, Office space.
Cons: Some managers are not technical at all, which makes it very difficult when going for a promotion, since they don't understand anything.
4.0
Google is still Google
Application Engineer • Former Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
March 11, 2024
Pros: Depending on your product area and expertise, Google can be either the professional playground that media (historically) portrays, or it can be the corporate, soul-sucking machine that media (currently) portrays.
Regardless of the atmosphere specific to your product area, compensation is outstanding, and you will have the autonomy to define and own your specific area of focus. Innovation is still encouraged, albeit through a lens of risk management and direct value add.
Cons: Work/life balance was essentially non-existent in my product area, and the long hours we put in brought down our calculated hourly by 20%+.
Guidance and direction from top leadership in 2023/2024 feel reactionary and vague.
The company's culture is in a period of transition, and there is a general sense of discontent layered with resignation to the new, heavily corporate direction things are going.
5.0
Best work-life balance
Application Engineer • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
October 22, 2023
Pros: Food is good. Entertainment activities.
Cons: Too much fun will have to work at home because you won’t be able to work at the office.
- 4.0Great Office, But Promo StrugglesApplication Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 12, 2024Pros: Food, Internal Mobility, People, Office space.Cons: Some managers are not technical at all, which makes it very difficult when going for a promotion, since they don't understand anything.
- 4.0Google is still GoogleApplication Engineer • Former EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesMarch 11, 2024Pros: Depending on your product area and expertise, Google can be either the professional playground that media (historically) portrays, or it can be the corporate, soul-sucking machine that media (currently) portrays. Regardless of the atmosphere specific to your product area, compensation is outstanding, and you will have the autonomy to define and own your specific area of focus. Innovation is still encouraged, albeit through a lens of risk management and direct value add.Cons: Work/life balance was essentially non-existent in my product area, and the long hours we put in brought down our calculated hourly by 20%+. Guidance and direction from top leadership in 2023/2024 feel reactionary and vague. The company's culture is in a period of transition, and there is a general sense of discontent layered with resignation to the new, heavily corporate direction things are going.
- 5.0Best work-life balanceApplication Engineer • Current EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaOctober 22, 2023Pros: Food is good. Entertainment activities.Cons: Too much fun will have to work at home because you won’t be able to work at the office.
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