Best Decision of my Career
Best Decision of my Career
Your experience being a contract engineer at Google will be highly dependent on who manages you, what team you end up on, and (obviously) your co-workers. That said, I feel like I hit the jackpot when I joined.
I was put on a team with very highly motivated and insanely intelligent individuals, who pushed me and made me a much more competent engineer (dare I say, a good engineer?).
I highly recommend taking the risk if you are self-motivated and want the opportunity to work with the best of the best.
Endless permissions issues, but this can be helped if you have a good team and a good manager.
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The initial stages of the interview were fairly routine. The phone interview was a little technical, but reasonable. The in-person interview ended with me failing to properly code an algorithm on the board, and the interviewer basically ending the i
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJanuary 1, 2025The interview process includes: * Resume screening * An initial HR call * Technical rounds assessing skills and problem-solving * A final managerial or HR round to discuss fit, goals, and offer.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2011I interviewed for the IRTP position after Google visited my school. I spoke to a recruiter, and about a week later, I was invited to a technical interview over the phone. The interview was with an operations engineer, who started the technical quest
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Boulder, Colorado, United StatesApril 1, 2008The initial stages of the interview were fairly routine. The phone interview was a little technical, but reasonable. The in-person interview ended with me failing to properly code an algorithm on the board, and the interviewer basically ending the i
