Google is incapable of innovation anymore. Any attempts to do something novel are frowned upon. All the effort is concentrated on maintaining what's done, and not on doing anything new. Losing competition in AI to Facebook (PyTorch) and OpenAI (ChatGPT) is a perfect example of this.
Defunct low-level management. I mean, they literally don't do anything. You could remove all the low-level managers, and nothing would change.
Sometimes, a very toxic culture. I've been in the workforce for 20+ years. Google was the only company where I felt outright abused and humiliated. It definitely doesn't apply to all of Google; I had an excellent experience in one org and a horrible one in another.
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One 45-minute phone interview and five 45-minute on-site interviews led to an informal offer (more "approval"). Three team fit calls and many other various phone calls followed before I received the official offer.
The first phone interview was short and very easy, covering basic questions about data types, complexity, and concurrency. The second phone interview did not happen. The interviewer became sick and did not warn the recruiter. After struggling to res
I was initially contacted by a recruiter, followed by an hour's phone interview. Since I am a new grad, I was offered a 45-minute training on Google Hangout, where a senior software engineer met with me for better preparation. The onsite interview
One 45-minute phone interview and five 45-minute on-site interviews led to an informal offer (more "approval"). Three team fit calls and many other various phone calls followed before I received the official offer.
The first phone interview was short and very easy, covering basic questions about data types, complexity, and concurrency. The second phone interview did not happen. The interviewer became sick and did not warn the recruiter. After struggling to res
I was initially contacted by a recruiter, followed by an hour's phone interview. Since I am a new grad, I was offered a 45-minute training on Google Hangout, where a senior software engineer met with me for better preparation. The onsite interview