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Senior Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - United States

April 1, 2014

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I breezed through the interviews with all the seasoned engineers. Many phone interviews involved tough questions where I had to think on my feet.

I got to the end, and the hiring manager brought in a young woman to watch as I struggled with an overly complex solution to Pascal's triangle, which I could have googled for the solution. No dice; I didn't get the position.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google Senior Site Reliability Engineer role in United States.

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Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Senior Site Reliability Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Google's Senior Site Reliability Engineer interview process in United States.

Google Work Experiences

Stress-free workplace

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 4, 2025

Pros: What I like most about Google is the culture. It is a relaxed environment where I have a few deadlines, most of the time extendible. Everyone can manage their time, and the timetable is flexible. There is a 3-day work-from-office policy, but if I have to stay at home for a couple of days (e.g., receiving a delivery), the manager will not mind.

Cons: It is getting a bit full of bureaucracy: if you have an idea, it takes a lot of time to implement it because it goes through a lot of reviews. Sometimes I feel there is no stimulus because there is a slow pace.

Stress-free workplace

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 4, 2025

Pros: What I like most about Google is the culture. It is a relaxed environment where I have a few deadlines, most of the time extendible. Everyone can manage their time, and the timetable is flexible. There is a 3-day work-from-office policy, but if I have to stay at home for a couple of days (e.g., receiving a delivery), the manager will not mind.

Cons: It is getting a bit full of bureaucracy: if you have an idea, it takes a lot of time to implement it because it goes through a lot of reviews. Sometimes I feel there is no stimulus because there is a slow pace.

A once fabulous, getting worse

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: There are still tons of talented people you can learn from.

Cons: It had the greatest culture, but lately, things started to get worse. The company shut down a lot of teams that didn't bring direct revenue but were used to provide users with very valuable products. It had the greatest management, but now management is mostly short-sighted, trying to survive the next round of layoffs.

A once fabulous, getting worse

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: There are still tons of talented people you can learn from.

Cons: It had the greatest culture, but lately, things started to get worse. The company shut down a lot of teams that didn't bring direct revenue but were used to provide users with very valuable products. It had the greatest management, but now management is mostly short-sighted, trying to survive the next round of layoffs.

Good Pay, Large Scale

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Pros: Working with globally distributed, large-scale systems.

Cons: Navigating organizational complexity beats technical complexity.

Good Pay, Large Scale

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Pros: Working with globally distributed, large-scale systems.

Cons: Navigating organizational complexity beats technical complexity.

Stress-free workplace

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 4, 2025

Pros: What I like most about Google is the culture. It is a relaxed environment where I have a few deadlines, most of the time extendible. Everyone can manage their time, and the timetable is flexible. There is a 3-day work-from-office policy, but if I have to stay at home for a couple of days (e.g., receiving a delivery), the manager will not mind.

Cons: It is getting a bit full of bureaucracy: if you have an idea, it takes a lot of time to implement it because it goes through a lot of reviews. Sometimes I feel there is no stimulus because there is a slow pace.

5.0
Stress-free workplace
Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
January 4, 2025
Pros: What I like most about Google is the culture. It is a relaxed environment where I have a few deadlines, most of the time extendible. Everyone can manage their time, and the timetable is flexible. There is a 3-day work-from-office policy, but if I have to stay at home for a couple of days (e.g., receiving a delivery), the manager will not mind.
Cons: It is getting a bit full of bureaucracy: if you have an idea, it takes a lot of time to implement it because it goes through a lot of reviews. Sometimes I feel there is no stimulus because there is a slow pace.

A once fabulous, getting worse

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: There are still tons of talented people you can learn from.

Cons: It had the greatest culture, but lately, things started to get worse. The company shut down a lot of teams that didn't bring direct revenue but were used to provide users with very valuable products. It had the greatest management, but now management is mostly short-sighted, trying to survive the next round of layoffs.

4.0
A once fabulous, getting worse
Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
April 22, 2024
Pros: There are still tons of talented people you can learn from.
Cons: It had the greatest culture, but lately, things started to get worse. The company shut down a lot of teams that didn't bring direct revenue but were used to provide users with very valuable products. It had the greatest management, but now management is mostly short-sighted, trying to survive the next round of layoffs.

Good Pay, Large Scale

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Pros: Working with globally distributed, large-scale systems.

Cons: Navigating organizational complexity beats technical complexity.

4.0
Good Pay, Large Scale
Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
March 15, 2023
Pros: Working with globally distributed, large-scale systems.
Cons: Navigating organizational complexity beats technical complexity.

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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