It's nice to feel like part of something greater than oneself. Google has a whole lot going on at any given time, and there is a strongly intellectually curious atmosphere among the employees.
The perks are fantastic, too. There is no easy nor compelling way to argue against free hot meals up to three times a day, and there's always something exciting, interesting, or intellectually challenging to work on.
The colorful and relatively playful atmosphere are also an excellent change of pace from the standard-issue dreary cubicle existence that plagues most office jobs out there in the US.
Long hours! Not the place for people who want to have a life outside of work, but then they aren't the type who wind up getting hired anyway.
More transparency would be nice!
One phone screen with the recruiter. A technical phone interview followed. The entire process was great until the technical interview. The interviewer was a total jerk and didn't seem to care about my personality or anything else.
I applied for a Google SWE position and went through a recruiter call first. The recruiter was very friendly and clear about the process. My phone screen had two coding questions: * One on arrays (two sum variant) * Another on dynamic programming (u
First, an online assessment, then the HR call, then several rounds of technical interview (you need to solve data structure/algorithm problems), and finally a manager interview (mostly behavioral questions).
One phone screen with the recruiter. A technical phone interview followed. The entire process was great until the technical interview. The interviewer was a total jerk and didn't seem to care about my personality or anything else.
I applied for a Google SWE position and went through a recruiter call first. The recruiter was very friendly and clear about the process. My phone screen had two coding questions: * One on arrays (two sum variant) * Another on dynamic programming (u
First, an online assessment, then the HR call, then several rounds of technical interview (you need to solve data structure/algorithm problems), and finally a manager interview (mostly behavioral questions).