Love the people, the free food, and the prestige of saying "I work at Google."
Everyone is pushed super hard now. They are trying to get new features out as fast as possible to stay competitive. There's more pressure and less perks.
Initial phone screen: 45 minutes. The interviewer arrived 5 minutes late. There was no introduction, and at the end of the interview, no questions were asked. During the interview, I tried to interact with the interviewer, but I didn't find him in
Applied through the Google Careers page. I had a phone interview (coding round) which provided a Google Meet link upon confirming my availability. I initially thought it was just a recruiter call and scheduled it for a week later. However, it turned
I got in with a referral for a coding interview. It was about a LeetCode medium question. It took a bit, but I was able to arrive at and code an optimal solution. About a week later, after following up, I was rejected with zero feedback on what I d
Initial phone screen: 45 minutes. The interviewer arrived 5 minutes late. There was no introduction, and at the end of the interview, no questions were asked. During the interview, I tried to interact with the interviewer, but I didn't find him in
Applied through the Google Careers page. I had a phone interview (coding round) which provided a Google Meet link upon confirming my availability. I initially thought it was just a recruiter call and scheduled it for a week later. However, it turned
I got in with a referral for a coding interview. It was about a LeetCode medium question. It took a bit, but I was able to arrive at and code an optimal solution. About a week later, after following up, I was rejected with zero feedback on what I d