Not what I thought it would be
Not what I thought it would be
Google had a good salary, not great, but okay for the present market. It's a company that is flush with money, so there are a lot of interesting things to do if you can get on the right teams.
A very long commute for me; they should allow people to work all over the Bay Area.
A lot of politics. Ten percent of the people are actually bright and know what they are doing; the rest just latch onto their coattails. The people prides itself on having very, very, very smart people. I didn't see that many such people while I was there.
If you are not on the right team, the work can be rather boring.
Concentrate on innovative development. Cut out the middle managers. Be more innovative, given all the resources the company has. There is far too much hype surrounding this company.
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The interview process includes: * First round: Phone screening. * Second round: Technical phone interview. * Third round: An in-person day with five separate interviews. These interviews will be with various members of the hiring department.
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There was a bit of back-and-forth in finding an appropriate time to interview, despite my being flexible. Once at Google, which I knew fairly well from having multiple friends working there, the process was straightforward: sitting in a conference r
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Screening round. I was asked a DP question on the partition problem. I started with a brute force approach, gave a bit better solution, but was not able to provide the DP one.
Senior Software Developer
Mountain View, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2021The interview process includes: * First round: Phone screening. * Second round: Technical phone interview. * Third round: An in-person day with five separate interviews. These interviews will be with various members of the hiring department.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2013There was a bit of back-and-forth in finding an appropriate time to interview, despite my being flexible. Once at Google, which I knew fairly well from having multiple friends working there, the process was straightforward: sitting in a conference r
Senior Software Developer
IndiaMay 1, 2025Screening round. I was asked a DP question on the partition problem. I started with a brute force approach, gave a bit better solution, but was not able to provide the DP one.
