Software Engineer - University Grad Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
I applied through an internal reference. I was quickly contacted by a recruiter who scheduled an initial video hangout screening. During the initial screening, the recruiter went over the general interviewing process and asked a few very easy technical questions. This was followed by scheduling a call with an engineer for a technical interview.
The technical interview was difficult but not unreasonable, and the interviewer seemed to be able to follow everything I did easily, but they were not the most encouraging person. Be warned that they focus heavily on your ability to analyze the big-O runtime of whatever you code.
Questions
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Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Good impact and learningSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 18, 2015Pros: If you want impact, Google is a good place to start because of the large number of users there. Even if your change just affects less than 1% of queries, that's easily hundreds of millions of users a month. Infrastructure is also great; you get less distracted and get to focus on quality tuning.Cons: Systems are quite mature, so if you don't have your own ideas, you may have a hard time finding the right change with potential impact.
- 5.0Great Benefits, Shaky ManagementSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 21, 2021Pros: Great company with great benefits.Cons: Questionable management. I hope they will understand the needs of employees.
- 4.0Good place to work if you like large companiesSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 12, 2009Pros: Great work environment. Especially software engineers are highly enabled and valued within the company. Many different products to work on. Lots of smart people. Great benefits and free food.Cons: Little influence on which area you get assigned to at first. Probably not much of a financial upside at this stage. Takes an extremely long time to get up to speed and feel productive.
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