Strong vision, execution, best pay/perks, seriously aiming to make the world a better place.
Internal competition is more top-down these days than before, but still better than any other company outside.
There are too many Directors (compared to T7s), and many are incompetent. It is very difficult to move up in some parts of the company, which serves as a reason why competent people leave.
Keep up the good work!
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 online and had a phone screening in about three weeks. Next, a technical screening focused on data structures and algorithms. I was given a problem statement to generate code and optimize it. They intentionally missed edge cases within the
The interview loop was pretty standard. I was interviewing for an L6 loop. One coding review, one system design on one day. One team match on the first day. One people management, one technical leadership, and one system design one week later. Ove
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 online and had a phone screening in about three weeks. Next, a technical screening focused on data structures and algorithms. I was given a problem statement to generate code and optimize it. They intentionally missed edge cases within the
The interview loop was pretty standard. I was interviewing for an L6 loop. One coding review, one system design on one day. One team match on the first day. One people management, one technical leadership, and one system design one week later. Ove