Google epitomizes why I love technology and the tech industry.
Useful products, smart people, data-driven decisions & culture, and a mission I can feel good about when I go to sleep every night. This is as good as it gets.
Google's difficult to get into, but also difficult to get fired from. It's like Stanford in that regard.
This has pros (easy to feel safe) and cons (easy to coast for years).
It's already the best company I've ever worked for. Make it better by keeping a very high bar on new products (people expect nothing less from us!) and also for employees.
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