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Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship

June 1, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

2 System Design Interviews, which serve as a gate to the rest: Code review, People Management, and Technical Leadership. The level is decided based on the System Designs without even considering the leadership experience.

Questions

Query engine log processing system

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Google Engineering Manager role in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive33%

Neutral0%

Negative67%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Google's Engineering Manager interview process in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship.

Google Work Experiences

Good Balance, Slow Progress

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

August 20, 2023

Pros: Good work-life balance, interesting projects (however not all).

Cons: Things are sometimes going slowly.

Good Balance, Slow Progress

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

August 20, 2023

Pros: Good work-life balance, interesting projects (however not all).

Cons: Things are sometimes going slowly.

Slow and not inspiring, but very supportive

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Pros: The company's culture is very supportive, open, and helpful. I enjoyed working in the Google Cloud org thanks to that, and I felt that I had growth opportunities there.

Cons: I definitely lacked passion and working with inspiring leaders. There's quite a rotation happening internally, and GCE didn't seem to have the strongest culture. In just 12 months, I had 4 different managers. Also, things are moving very slowly. It was challenging to stay motivated for an extended period of time.

Slow and not inspiring, but very supportive

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Pros: The company's culture is very supportive, open, and helpful. I enjoyed working in the Google Cloud org thanks to that, and I felt that I had growth opportunities there.

Cons: I definitely lacked passion and working with inspiring leaders. There's quite a rotation happening internally, and GCE didn't seem to have the strongest culture. In just 12 months, I had 4 different managers. Also, things are moving very slowly. It was challenging to stay motivated for an extended period of time.

Amazing people. Difficult to challenge the status quo

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

November 5, 2025

Pros: If you are in the right place, it all works great.

Cons: If you are on the wrong team, it is a struggle. The political setup is such that you need seniors to help you move up. You need to be good, and also be a "good boy". Depending on the group, sometimes, you can be a nobody and still expect to get rewarded, though I hope what I saw happen is an exception. Trying to challenge and work your way up is very, very hard. You need to be very lucky.

Amazing people. Difficult to challenge the status quo

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

November 5, 2025

Pros: If you are in the right place, it all works great.

Cons: If you are on the wrong team, it is a struggle. The political setup is such that you need seniors to help you move up. You need to be good, and also be a "good boy". Depending on the group, sometimes, you can be a nobody and still expect to get rewarded, though I hope what I saw happen is an exception. Trying to challenge and work your way up is very, very hard. You need to be very lucky.

Good Balance, Slow Progress

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

August 20, 2023

Pros: Good work-life balance, interesting projects (however not all).

Cons: Things are sometimes going slowly.

5.0
Good Balance, Slow Progress
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
August 20, 2023
Pros: Good work-life balance, interesting projects (however not all).
Cons: Things are sometimes going slowly.

Slow and not inspiring, but very supportive

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Pros: The company's culture is very supportive, open, and helpful. I enjoyed working in the Google Cloud org thanks to that, and I felt that I had growth opportunities there.

Cons: I definitely lacked passion and working with inspiring leaders. There's quite a rotation happening internally, and GCE didn't seem to have the strongest culture. In just 12 months, I had 4 different managers. Also, things are moving very slowly. It was challenging to stay motivated for an extended period of time.

3.0
Slow and not inspiring, but very supportive
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
July 4, 2023
Pros: The company's culture is very supportive, open, and helpful. I enjoyed working in the Google Cloud org thanks to that, and I felt that I had growth opportunities there.
Cons: I definitely lacked passion and working with inspiring leaders. There's quite a rotation happening internally, and GCE didn't seem to have the strongest culture. In just 12 months, I had 4 different managers. Also, things are moving very slowly. It was challenging to stay motivated for an extended period of time.

Amazing people. Difficult to challenge the status quo

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

November 5, 2025

Pros: If you are in the right place, it all works great.

Cons: If you are on the wrong team, it is a struggle. The political setup is such that you need seniors to help you move up. You need to be good, and also be a "good boy". Depending on the group, sometimes, you can be a nobody and still expect to get rewarded, though I hope what I saw happen is an exception. Trying to challenge and work your way up is very, very hard. You need to be very lucky.

5.0
Amazing people. Difficult to challenge the status quo
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
November 5, 2025
Pros: If you are in the right place, it all works great.
Cons: If you are on the wrong team, it is a struggle. The political setup is such that you need seniors to help you move up. You need to be good, and also be a "good boy". Depending on the group, sometimes, you can be a nobody and still expect to get rewarded, though I hope what I saw happen is an exception. Trying to challenge and work your way up is very, very hard. You need to be very lucky.

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

ArraysTwo Pointers

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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