New Grad Software Engineer Interview Experience - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
October 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn, then talked on the phone just about who I was and the position.
I was then sent to a coding site where, if I remember correctly, you had 30 minutes to answer two questions. This was my first interview, and my recruiter was terrific, as were the other recruiters I have met. They really try to support you throughout the process.
Because it was my first interview and I had only been doing computer science for a year, I thought the questions were a lot tougher than I do today. If you do enough HackerRank challenges, the coding challenge Google sends you should be pretty easy.
Questions
One was about navigating through a filesystem.
One was something about permutations.
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Interview Statistics
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Google's interview process for their New Grad Software Engineer roles in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's New Grad Software Engineer interview process in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
Great Pay, Smart Team, Little Impact
Software Engineer II • Former Employee
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
February 27, 2014
Pros: They treat their staff very well. Pay and perks are fantastic. The co-workers were all very smart, and you will learn a lot.
Cons: No ownership of work, unclear career trajectories, and it's hard to have an impact (small fish in a big pond syndrome).
5.0
Great Place to Work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
September 17, 2016
Pros: Flexible work hours, friendly coworkers and staff, great location, great compensation, not too much pressure, no forced overtime, low stress, can move offices/teams.
I feel like there are a lot of opportunities for advancement in the company.
Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks are available 24/7 essentially.
Video games, board games, books, billiards, massages, haircuts, laundry, frequent team outings, parties, etc. I could go on.
Very relaxed work environment. A lot of perks.
Cons: Required to conduct interviews multiple times a week. That's about it.
4.0
Great place to work, but upper management is making it worse
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
December 4, 2024
Pros: At least for the folks near the bottom of the org chart, old Google culture, e.g., don't be evil, respect the user, are alive and well.
It feels like a bunch of nerds having fun working on interesting problems, and you just happen to make the company a bunch of money on the side.
In terms of compensation and benefits, I get the sense that Google is near the top end.
Cons: The upper management is increasingly showing that they are there for one thing and one thing only: maximize short-term shareholder value.
They don't see beyond the next quarterly earnings report, and it shows in the decisions they make.
For the workers, this means never-ending layoffs, constant reorgs, and quotas on promotions, and stack-ranking during annual ratings.
For users, it means higher-ups will make questionable decisions we know are bad for users, but make us more money in the short term.
This leadership style might make sense if you only care about the next earnings call, but in the long term, this management style will hurt the company, its users, and its workers.
- 4.0Great Pay, Smart Team, Little ImpactSoftware Engineer II • Former EmployeePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesFebruary 27, 2014Pros: They treat their staff very well. Pay and perks are fantastic. The co-workers were all very smart, and you will learn a lot.Cons: No ownership of work, unclear career trajectories, and it's hard to have an impact (small fish in a big pond syndrome).
- 5.0Great Place to WorkSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesSeptember 17, 2016Pros: Flexible work hours, friendly coworkers and staff, great location, great compensation, not too much pressure, no forced overtime, low stress, can move offices/teams. I feel like there are a lot of opportunities for advancement in the company. Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks are available 24/7 essentially. Video games, board games, books, billiards, massages, haircuts, laundry, frequent team outings, parties, etc. I could go on. Very relaxed work environment. A lot of perks.Cons: Required to conduct interviews multiple times a week. That's about it.
- 4.0Great place to work, but upper management is making it worseSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesDecember 4, 2024Pros: At least for the folks near the bottom of the org chart, old Google culture, e.g., don't be evil, respect the user, are alive and well. It feels like a bunch of nerds having fun working on interesting problems, and you just happen to make the company a bunch of money on the side. In terms of compensation and benefits, I get the sense that Google is near the top end.Cons: The upper management is increasingly showing that they are there for one thing and one thing only: maximize short-term shareholder value. They don't see beyond the next quarterly earnings report, and it shows in the decisions they make. For the workers, this means never-ending layoffs, constant reorgs, and quotas on promotions, and stack-ranking during annual ratings. For users, it means higher-ups will make questionable decisions we know are bad for users, but make us more money in the short term. This leadership style might make sense if you only care about the next earnings call, but in the long term, this management style will hurt the company, its users, and its workers.
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