Amazing people. Difficult to challenge the status quo
Amazing people. Difficult to challenge the status quo
If you are in the right place, it all works great.
If you are on the wrong team, it is a struggle. The political setup is such that you need seniors to help you move up. You need to be good, and also be a "good boy". Depending on the group, sometimes, you can be a nobody and still expect to get rewarded, though I hope what I saw happen is an exception.
Trying to challenge and work your way up is very, very hard. You need to be very lucky.
The system is really rotten in places, but everyone believes they are great. Pretty hard to clean up. "Average" leaders, especially at the senior level, should never be accepted. Otherwise, there is no hope for improvement.
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FranceOctober 14, 2025It’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.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2025I 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
