Autonomy Amidst Management Issues
Autonomy Amidst Management Issues
Plenty of autonomy in the role and the ability to make mistakes.
Director that fails to remove code and documentation access for US embargoed partners (Hisilicon) because he wants the volume numbers.
Manager that fails to break up an argument between one of his employees and another employee when he is 20 feet away from the conversation, even though Google training shows this is mandatory for managers.
Lack of diversity in leadership.
Follow Google and US rules.
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I applied for a Google SWE position and went through a recruiter call first. The recruiter was very friendly and clear about the process. My phone screen had two coding questions: * One on arrays (two sum variant) * Another on dynamic programming (u
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First, an online assessment, then the HR call, then several rounds of technical interview (you need to solve data structure/algorithm problems), and finally a manager interview (mostly behavioral questions).
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Munich, Bavaria, GermanyNovember 25, 2025A straightforward process, exactly what the recruiter described. It involved several technical interviews and some personal interviews. When it wasn't clear if they could hire or reject me, they gave me an additional technical interview.
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New York, New York, United StatesNovember 24, 2025I applied for a Google SWE position and went through a recruiter call first. The recruiter was very friendly and clear about the process. My phone screen had two coding questions: * One on arrays (two sum variant) * Another on dynamic programming (u
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Mountain View, California, United StatesNovember 24, 2025First, an online assessment, then the HR call, then several rounds of technical interview (you need to solve data structure/algorithm problems), and finally a manager interview (mostly behavioral questions).
