Google is Great
Google is Great
Perks are phenomenal! Projects are extremely high impact. The company trusts engineers to "do the right thing" and prefers to give engineers information so they can make decisions, instead of hoarding information to make the decisions themselves. Engineers get all the best tools (big monitors, lots of computing resources) and don't have much red tape getting normal stuff done.
Career progress into management is a little tough, as there's no "Supervisor" role, and the Managers usually have >50 people reporting to them. It can be done, but it's easier to stay in the engineer track.
Management is doing well, but it's getting harder and harder to keep things Googley as the company grows. They need to focus on this more than they do.
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I did not pass the telephone screening, so I couldn't proceed to the onsite interview round. However, I'm determined to improve my interview skills and reapply for similar positions in the future. I plan to seek feedback on my performance and work
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By far my best Big 4 recruitment experience. My recruiters went out of their way to inform me about their process, to make sure that any questions I had were answered, and provided me with materials to prepare for my interviews. My process took lon
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2025I applied for the role online through Google Careers. A recruiter from Randstad Enterprise, supporting Google Engineering, reached out to me. They sent me a Google Hiring Assessment, which I passed. A couple of days later, the recruiter emailed me s
Software Engineer III
Mountain View, California, United StatesApril 2, 2024I did not pass the telephone screening, so I couldn't proceed to the onsite interview round. However, I'm determined to improve my interview skills and reapply for similar positions in the future. I plan to seek feedback on my performance and work
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2017By far my best Big 4 recruitment experience. My recruiters went out of their way to inform me about their process, to make sure that any questions I had were answered, and provided me with materials to prepare for my interviews. My process took lon
