Desperately trying to stay relevant
Desperately trying to stay relevant
Looks good on your resume.
Free meals.
Your parents will have heard of the company, even if they still don't understand exactly what you do for a living.
Disorganized management.
Arrogance and complacency are rampant (think Microsoft in the 90's).
You can't trust your co-workers.
A collection of failed attempts to diversify, kept afloat by one cash cow (depressing to everyone not working on search).
Most managers actively sabotage your efforts at working on a 20% project -- very frustrating.
Concentrate on search, and give the profits to the shareholders. You can't beat the rest of the world to the "next big thing" from within the safety of GOOG's balance sheet -- try venture capitalism instead.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2014A pretty standard interview process. Based on employee recommendations, Google waived the phone interview. There were five 1:1 interviews: coding, algorithms, and system design. No puzzles or trick questions were asked. I spoke with two teams and
