It doesn't matter how performant you are (I had the max rating in my last two evaluation cycles) or how critical your position is (I was the single point of failure on multiple pipelines I owned); you will always be at risk of being laid off (which happened to me, under the justification that "my role was not needed anymore").
Google used to be a great company to work for, that was caring about their employees, and I really enjoyed my first years there. Today they just treat you like numbers and nothing else.
There are 6 rounds of interviews, as everyone knows. These include HR, Tech, Manager, and cultural rounds, basically. I can't pass the technical round because we don't think the interviewee and interviewer can handle this work either.
It was both exhilarating and intense. The process began with a recruiter reaching out via LinkedIn after I applied through their careers portal. The process kicked off with a 45-minute phone screen where I tackled algorithmic problems on a shared co
I passed all the interviews. However, due to their restructuring phase in 2022, they could not offer any positions in my preferred locations: Dublin, London, and Munich. Therefore, we closed the application.
There are 6 rounds of interviews, as everyone knows. These include HR, Tech, Manager, and cultural rounds, basically. I can't pass the technical round because we don't think the interviewee and interviewer can handle this work either.
It was both exhilarating and intense. The process began with a recruiter reaching out via LinkedIn after I applied through their careers portal. The process kicked off with a 45-minute phone screen where I tackled algorithmic problems on a shared co
I passed all the interviews. However, due to their restructuring phase in 2022, they could not offer any positions in my preferred locations: Dublin, London, and Munich. Therefore, we closed the application.