Great salary. Great benefits. Great food. Great location. Some really great people.
Don't expect to see great code. Expect a mess that everyone is struggling to understand, caused by a fast pace, rapid turnover, and some really spectacular bad past design decisions that make things very hard to trace. These decisions are now deeply embedded and would be very hard to remove.
Having said that, if this is your thing, great. They will reward you handsomely to help keep them afloat.
The company is extremely PC. But you already knew that.
Apparently, there's surveillance of personal email/networks. I can't prove it, but I was creeped out too many times.
Slow down. Build a stable team. Stop hiring physicists. Hire experienced fin-tech people.
I was cold-called one day by a Google recruiter. I initially indicated that Google wouldn't be a good fit because I didn't want to live in California, but he mentioned other offices, including the one in Boulder. Colorado is pretty similar to my home
I had exactly two phone interviews, followed by four on-site interviews. All of the engineers were very kind, and the problems were difficult but not unreasonable. The recruiter made everything easy to follow and ensured my interview process was as
The first round interview is a phone interview. They will ask you to code in a Google Doc, which will be shared by HR. Even if you write the solution, they will analyze your code for complexity.
I was cold-called one day by a Google recruiter. I initially indicated that Google wouldn't be a good fit because I didn't want to live in California, but he mentioned other offices, including the one in Boulder. Colorado is pretty similar to my home
I had exactly two phone interviews, followed by four on-site interviews. All of the engineers were very kind, and the problems were difficult but not unreasonable. The recruiter made everything easy to follow and ensured my interview process was as
The first round interview is a phone interview. They will ask you to code in a Google Doc, which will be shared by HR. Even if you write the solution, they will analyze your code for complexity.