Going from great to average
Going from great to average
Great benefits, friendly, intelligent people, fun, high impact on the world, especially at the lower levels.
Projects get canceled, often unexpectedly and seemingly arbitrarily by higher-ups many levels up that you never meet. Sometimes entire sites get closed for "business decisions," not based on the projects being worked on there, but just due to internal power struggles.
Work-life balance, 20% time, and other principles are being eroded over time. The higher up you go, the less friendly and intelligent people are, and the more like the stereotypical power-hungry, pointy-haired bosses.
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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
Software Engineer
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).
Software Engineer
HR phone call followed by three technical rounds and a managerial round. Got a message from the recruiter via LinkedIn. I responded that I am interested, and then they scheduled a 15-minute interview to learn about my background and interests.
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesNovember 24, 2025I 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
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Mountain View, California, United StatesNovember 24, 2025First, 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).
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Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 22, 2025HR phone call followed by three technical rounds and a managerial round. Got a message from the recruiter via LinkedIn. I responded that I am interested, and then they scheduled a 15-minute interview to learn about my background and interests.
