An established company looks good on your resume and won't push you too hard.
Sometimes they can be unfair to contractors.
Day 0 — I apply to seven different Software Engineer positions in the Bay Area simultaneously via their website. Day 0 — 38 minutes later, I receive an email from a Recruiter (call him R1), who's also an Engineering Manager (?). He asks when we can
I applied online. The process took 4 months. * 2 rounds of Online Interviews consisting of a 1-hr tech and a 1-hr behavioural interview. * If you proceed, the next are 2 rounds of on-site tech interviews, each being interviewed by a senior engineer
It was a phone interview. I submitted my resume over the Google Recruit site. As a new graduate, I was given an email with some links to study for the upcoming interview. It also included a bunch of papers about GFS, Bigtable, and similar topics.
Day 0 — I apply to seven different Software Engineer positions in the Bay Area simultaneously via their website. Day 0 — 38 minutes later, I receive an email from a Recruiter (call him R1), who's also an Engineering Manager (?). He asks when we can
I applied online. The process took 4 months. * 2 rounds of Online Interviews consisting of a 1-hr tech and a 1-hr behavioural interview. * If you proceed, the next are 2 rounds of on-site tech interviews, each being interviewed by a senior engineer
It was a phone interview. I submitted my resume over the Google Recruit site. As a new graduate, I was given an email with some links to study for the upcoming interview. It also included a bunch of papers about GFS, Bigtable, and similar topics.