Great Perks, Project Luck
Great Perks, Project Luck
S-tier campus, including dozens of cafeterias and many gyms, meditation rooms, and patios. Work timelines are quite flexible as a SWE, and when you do work is less important than the work getting done.
Google's not a monolith. My position provided many opportunities to ship code and take charge on new projects, and my managers were actively helping me get promoted. But I understand this isn't the case on every team, and team placement can largely be luck-of-the-draw.
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Senior Software Engineer
One phone screen, then an on-site with five interviews. Four of the five interviews were standard data structures and algorithms. The last was a discussion of my PhD research.
Senior Software Engineer
The interview process was as usual: * HR round: This was pretty standard. * Technical round: This was an hour long with two questions. * On-site: This was again six hours long with three technical rounds.
Senior Software Engineer
Extremely unimpressed with Google, in every area I had expected a lot better. * Inattentive, lazy recruiters. * Incorrect prep and advice videos. * Poor interviewers. * Incredibly slow process for no reason (I knew this going in). The inter
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2017One phone screen, then an on-site with five interviews. Four of the five interviews were standard data structures and algorithms. The last was a discussion of my PhD research.
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, United StatesApril 1, 2023The interview process was as usual: * HR round: This was pretty standard. * Technical round: This was an hour long with two questions. * On-site: This was again six hours long with three technical rounds.
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 26, 2017Extremely unimpressed with Google, in every area I had expected a lot better. * Inattentive, lazy recruiters. * Incorrect prep and advice videos. * Poor interviewers. * Incredibly slow process for no reason (I knew this going in). The inter
