Google over the last 9 years
Google over the last 9 years
The people are brilliant, motivated, and interesting. Some of the projects being thought up at Google are so ambitious and unique; it adds a big part to the 'special sauce' of why people want to work here. For the most part, employees feel like their feedback makes a difference.
A lot of growth means a lot of growing pains.
Lots of rough patches with employee dissatisfaction about one thing or another.
A regression towards the mean. As you hire 50,000+ people, it will start to feel like a big company with big company problems.
Keep listening to feedback and keep being transparent and honest about decisions. Some of the more unpopular decisions in the past year had to be made. Googlers are mature and capable enough to accept the trade-offs, but trying to avoid controversy by not being open about those decisions is going to backfire.
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Manager, Software Engineering
The interview process was very extensive. It began with a preparation meeting with the recruiter, who gave a very detailed explanation of the process. The interview was scheduled for a few weeks later, allowing plenty of prep time. The interview it
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Screening call that was script-read by an external interviewer. Bad experience overall. They have to get through a lot of people, but the experience was really poor and felt like they didn't care at all about applicants.
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Manager, Software Engineering
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesMay 1, 2021The interview process was very extensive. It began with a preparation meeting with the recruiter, who gave a very detailed explanation of the process. The interview was scheduled for a few weeks later, allowing plenty of prep time. The interview it
Software Engineer Intern
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaOctober 30, 2025Screening call that was script-read by an external interviewer. Bad experience overall. They have to get through a lot of people, but the experience was really poor and felt like they didn't care at all about applicants.
Software Engineering Summer Internship
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSeptember 18, 2025It was a great process. It was very welcoming and friendly, where the interviewer was a good lead. They led me to answer questions and were interested to hear more about me.
