Process
Contacted by a recruiter on the phone, I passed a few straightforward screening questions, then was scheduled for an on-site interview. This consisted of 5 interviews, ranging from theory to coding on the whiteboard.
Overall experience was OK. One interviewer wasn't really cool, but the other folks were great.
I was pretty disappointed by the way the recruiters acted. For example, they didn't give any response, and I had to contact them to get feedback.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google SRE role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their SRE roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Neutral100%
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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's SRE interview process in San Francisco, California.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
Can be great. Can suck
SRE • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
February 9, 2015
Pros: Google is still overall a good place to work. It is not the great place to work it once was, but it's not the worst by any means. As it grows, it has lots of big company BS and politics that come with that. If you think Google will make everything you hate about working in corporate America better, you will be very disappointed.
Cons: It all depends on your immediate team and manager. Google is so big now that anything you say about them is not true of a different area, good or bad.
Google wants everyone to live in Mountain View or New York with a total disregard for their ability to afford to live there.
4.0
Lots of perks, great coworkers, good culture, but declining
SRE • Current Employee
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
September 20, 2015
Pros: Smart coworkers, good total salary, and lots of travel opportunities.
Cons: Google values are gone. This has become a giant money-making machine, which still attracts interesting people, but for how long?
Bureaucracy and politics are growing strong, like in any big corp. Many people think about their career first, innovation second (if at all).
It's hard to feel productive and useful.
5.0
Experience at Google
SRE • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
September 19, 2016
Pros: The extra perks, such as a gym and good food, are really good.
The benefits and free transportation to work are a plus working for Google.
Cons: Google is a very big company with really smart people in its teams. Improving the levels is really hard unless you are a pro.
- 4.0Can be great. Can suckSRE • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 9, 2015Pros: Google is still overall a good place to work. It is not the great place to work it once was, but it's not the worst by any means. As it grows, it has lots of big company BS and politics that come with that. If you think Google will make everything you hate about working in corporate America better, you will be very disappointed.Cons: It all depends on your immediate team and manager. Google is so big now that anything you say about them is not true of a different area, good or bad. Google wants everyone to live in Mountain View or New York with a total disregard for their ability to afford to live there.
- 4.0Lots of perks, great coworkers, good culture, but decliningSRE • Current EmployeeDublin, Leinster, IrelandSeptember 20, 2015Pros: Smart coworkers, good total salary, and lots of travel opportunities.Cons: Google values are gone. This has become a giant money-making machine, which still attracts interesting people, but for how long? Bureaucracy and politics are growing strong, like in any big corp. Many people think about their career first, innovation second (if at all). It's hard to feel productive and useful.
- 5.0Experience at GoogleSRE • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 19, 2016Pros: The extra perks, such as a gym and good food, are really good. The benefits and free transportation to work are a plus working for Google.Cons: Google is a very big company with really smart people in its teams. Improving the levels is really hard unless you are a pro.
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