Google is not what it used to be
Google is not what it used to be
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After level 5, further career growth becomes quite challenging. The opinion among the engineering staff at Google is that it's easier to leave the company and come back a level higher, than to progress while you're on the job.
Another well-known fact at Google is that systems are very complex, hindering the productivity of an IC, and there is very little effort to correct that. A software product that would take me a few months to complete at a robust company will run up to a year or more at Google, despite all the brilliant talent.
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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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It was great! I had technical interviews with them. They were back to back, focusing on algorithmic questions. I interviewed with a person from California and then with a person from New York.
Software Engineer
Quick background discussion, and talking with the interviewer, he was quite friendly. However, it was a tough interview; I didn't have enough background knowledge. That said, I enjoyed it. The only thing I would do differently is prepare longer next
Software Engineer
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
SWE Intern
New York, New York, United StatesNovember 20, 2025It was great! I had technical interviews with them. They were back to back, focusing on algorithmic questions. I interviewed with a person from California and then with a person from New York.
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesNovember 11, 2025Quick background discussion, and talking with the interviewer, he was quite friendly. However, it was a tough interview; I didn't have enough background knowledge. That said, I enjoyed it. The only thing I would do differently is prepare longer next
