Salary, benefits, on-site facilities.
Culture heavily depends on the area you land.
Many people are selfish and self-centric. Sometimes, this badly hurts the team, creating a toxic environment.
Lack of organization is staggering and worsens as you go up the chain.
Watch out for toxic behavior…
It’s very hard to find a team match after you clear all interviews. Interviews are easy; very classic management exercises. But the team match is hard. They’re not supposed to be interviews, but they are.
I got referred internally. The recruiter screen was light, mostly asking 'Why Google?' and walking through my current EM role (team size, day-to-day, projects). Then, a technical phone screen with algo questions in CoderPad. One was to design a graph
I applied twice. Each time, the posted offer was for a remote B2B position. Each time, it turned out later that it was a 100% on-site regular contract. A waste of time.
It’s very hard to find a team match after you clear all interviews. Interviews are easy; very classic management exercises. But the team match is hard. They’re not supposed to be interviews, but they are.
I got referred internally. The recruiter screen was light, mostly asking 'Why Google?' and walking through my current EM role (team size, day-to-day, projects). Then, a technical phone screen with algo questions in CoderPad. One was to design a graph
I applied twice. Each time, the posted offer was for a remote B2B position. Each time, it turned out later that it was a 100% on-site regular contract. A waste of time.