Friendly, brilliant people
Friendly, brilliant people
Great community atmosphere.
Brilliant engineers who are humble, respectful, and go out of their way to help you.
The perks are seriously insane -- delicious food, world-class gyms, etc.
Unlike some other reviewers, I've had no trouble with movement around the company. I will say that I started Google with a particularly excellent and supportive team, which means I got very good peer reviews, which made transfers to other teams quite easy.
I've seen others who get unluckily placed in a hohum team and have trouble getting out.
I find work-life balance also quite reasonable, though it might help to be remote from the HQ.
Gets a bit political as you climb up the ladder. Not toxically so, but still annoying.
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I was sent an online "Hiring Assessment". This is a 30-minute questionnaire comprised of several cross-checked "Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree" questions asking about your work beliefs and past behaviors.
Senior Software Engineer
I was initially contacted via LinkedIn for a position in Mt. View. When I made it clear that I wouldn't relocate, they referred me to the Seattle office, which turns out to be the third largest Google office after Mt. View and New York. The Seattle r
Senior Software Engineer
Two design questions, two coding questions, and one behavior question. Coding questions were not directly searchable. Neither were they exactly the same as any peer code questions. The interviewers might have come up with their own.
Senior Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2025I was sent an online "Hiring Assessment". This is a 30-minute questionnaire comprised of several cross-checked "Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree" questions asking about your work beliefs and past behaviors.
Senior Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesApril 27, 2013I was initially contacted via LinkedIn for a position in Mt. View. When I made it clear that I wouldn't relocate, they referred me to the Seattle office, which turns out to be the third largest Google office after Mt. View and New York. The Seattle r
Senior Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2020Two design questions, two coding questions, and one behavior question. Coding questions were not directly searchable. Neither were they exactly the same as any peer code questions. The interviewers might have come up with their own.
