Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
Phone screen by recruiter, followed by a 45-minute phone interview, and an invitation to an onsite interview (5 interviews + lunch) afterwards. All interviews were technical and required coding, with the exception of the initial phone screen.
There was very little information provided about my performance throughout the entire process.
Two of the recruiters were very helpful and supportive. The third recruiter forgot to call twice and would not respond to callbacks.
Questions
Algorithms and data structures.
Graph traversal.
Trees, etc.
Very academic.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Google Site Reliability Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Site Reliability Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Site Reliability Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Google Work Experiences
- 4.0Good Coworkers and Interesting WorkSite Reliability Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJuly 10, 2024Pros: I felt that my coworkers were all very supportive, and it was easy to reach out to people when I needed advice or help. The engineering problems were challenging, but there was a good work/life balance.Cons: The corporate culture at Google is suffering as the company focuses on profits and shareholders. There isn't much support anymore for pursuing your own ideas (i.e., 20% projects), and all of your work needs to be provably supporting corporate goals.
- 2.0The rose-colored glasses have fallenSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 20, 2023Pros: Internal tooling is amazing. SRE best practices are standardized, enabling you to work on novel solutions.Cons: Power has shifted away from the common Googler and out of the company.
- 4.0Good work environment, general management, and ethical issuesSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesMay 14, 2019Pros: Good coworkers, great perks and benefits, amazing pay, and an amazing, collaborative work environment with brilliant people.Cons: Upper management tends to be boneheaded and does things against the wishes of employees, and seems to be increasingly losing any sense of ethics. They are somewhat inflexible with policies sometimes.
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