Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
A recruiter contacted me based on my LinkedIn profile. Following an initial interview with the recruiter, I had a phone interview with the hiring manager. This was followed by an all-day onsite interview. Each interview was approximately an hour.
The interviewer asked technical questions and took detailed notes on everything I said. The interviews were with:
- The hiring manager
- Three technical folks
- The recruiter
Questions
Design a Boggle solver. (The hidden catch was that the interviewer had not specified that the words were English. Unfortunately, I made that assumption.)
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the Google Engineering Manager role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Google's Engineering Manager interview process in Mountain View, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Best company ever created in human historyEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 11, 2014Pros: Strong vision, execution, best pay/perks, seriously aiming to make the world a better place.Cons: Internal competition is more top-down these days than before, but still better than any other company outside. There are too many Directors (compared to T7s), and many are incompetent. It is very difficult to move up in some parts of the company, which serves as a reason why competent people leave.
- 5.0Amazing People, Big ImpactEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 28, 2020Pros: Amazing people, huge scale, and impact.Cons: Large company, need to work across many time zones.
- 5.0Better than what you believeEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesOctober 5, 2020Pros: People, culture, technology, and amazing opportunitiesCons: Big company, everything that isn't easy is super hard.
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