Do not ever join Google as a Software Engineer in Test
Do not ever join Google as a Software Engineer in Test
You will interact with one of the most brilliant computer science workers.
Free food, free beer, shuttles, opportunity to shake hands with Obama, and all the glitz.
Sunny state, beautiful campus. I even do my laundry there some days.
You will face software engineering-like interviews. They will test your ability to code and be excellent at algorithms. You will be given an utterly shitty job.
You will regret joining the company unless you are a fresh graduate student who likes to be pampered.
Pay is shitty as well, except for a few lucky testers who get placed in "high profile" or "high demand" projects.
You will feel like a slave.
There is no getting out of it easily.
I have a degree from one of the top schools, and I am already regretting joining Google.
Provide more opportunities to test engineers and engineers in test.
They have ambitions too.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesApril 1, 2015The process was extremely varied in terms of how long it took to hear back after each step, ranging between two days and two weeks. I also felt passed around between a lot of recruiters. After my onsite interview, I was asked to follow up with a sec
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2020The interview was performed remotely via Zoom and lasted 30 minutes, conducted by two people. Afterward, they sent me a 100-question interview survey to complete. I received notification within two weeks that I did not receive the job.
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