Smart, motivated colleagues. Hard problems. Great perks.
Meritocracy fails to account for luck/"right-place, right-time."
Recognize that good talent can still land in a bad team and/or toxic environment.
I sent the resume to the online site and was emailed back within a week. Then I had a screening interview with the recruiter, who explained the process and learned about my background. Two weeks later, I received an invitation to a phone interview
The process was a bit slow, but overall, both the recruiter and interviewers were professional and nice. The questions were also very practical. There were five rounds of interviews over two days, covering programming, algorithms, and system design.
Interviewed with five senior-level engineers and a director-level manager. Most of them asked senior-level questions, i.e., design questions. One asked junior algorithms. Be careful about Google policy; if one interviewer says something bad about yo
I sent the resume to the online site and was emailed back within a week. Then I had a screening interview with the recruiter, who explained the process and learned about my background. Two weeks later, I received an invitation to a phone interview
The process was a bit slow, but overall, both the recruiter and interviewers were professional and nice. The questions were also very practical. There were five rounds of interviews over two days, covering programming, algorithms, and system design.
Interviewed with five senior-level engineers and a director-level manager. Most of them asked senior-level questions, i.e., design questions. One asked junior algorithms. Be careful about Google policy; if one interviewer says something bad about yo