Not great for new hires
Not great for new hires
- Good pay
- Free food
- Good hours
- Easy work
No new stock award for (most) first-year employees. It may take up to two years.
Contributions of new employees are undervalued. Expect a bad review score during your first performance cycle, regardless of actual performance.
Be more generous with stock awards.
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Senior Software Engineer
Google seems to be improving. They finally realize that they need to be slightly more open-minded in terms of candidate selection than before, to avoid missing out on some real talent, which is becoming rarer than before. They hand you over from one
Senior Software Engineer
I had two rounds of phone interviews. In the first round, the interviewer asked me about my current experience, motivation to work at Google, etc. I believe this was mostly to get an understanding of who should be interviewing me. In the second rou
Senior Software Engineer
One phone interview, lasting about 45 minutes. My recruiting contact sent preparatory materials and explained the process beforehand. The interviewer opened by asking about a project on my resume; the rest of the time was spent on a couple of technic
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2012Google seems to be improving. They finally realize that they need to be slightly more open-minded in terms of candidate selection than before, to avoid missing out on some real talent, which is becoming rarer than before. They hand you over from one
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, United StatesJune 1, 2008I had two rounds of phone interviews. In the first round, the interviewer asked me about my current experience, motivation to work at Google, etc. I believe this was mostly to get an understanding of who should be interviewing me. In the second rou
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2016One phone interview, lasting about 45 minutes. My recruiting contact sent preparatory materials and explained the process beforehand. The interviewer opened by asking about a project on my resume; the rest of the time was spent on a couple of technic
