Still a great company, but things were turning south after the COVID overhiring mistake
Still a great company, but things were turning south after the COVID overhiring mistake
- WLB
- Engineering culture
- Great benefits
Tons of incompetent managers were hired during COVID-19 from 2020 to 2023.
Clueless leadership wastes smart talent on unimpactful tasks.
There is very limited career growth; the company prefers to hire at the next level instead of promoting internally.
Hold managers and leadership accountable. Fire the incompetent ones so things can get back on track.
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Initial phone screen, followed by one day on-site interview. On-site interview consisted of 5 separate 1:1 interviews from other software engineers, plus an informal 1:1 lunch with an existing Google employee to help answer my questions. Each of the
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Kirkland, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2011I applied online, and after two to three weeks, a recruiter contacted me. He was very helpful and friendly. We had an initial 30-minute phone interview where he explained the company and the interview process. He then scheduled me for two back-to-bac
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Kirkland, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2011I don't really know what to think of it. The first interviewer's question was extremely difficult. There was no way that it could have been completed in the 45 minutes that I was given, but I gave it my best shot. The interviewer argued with me about
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Kirkland, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2016Initial phone screen, followed by one day on-site interview. On-site interview consisted of 5 separate 1:1 interviews from other software engineers, plus an informal 1:1 lunch with an existing Google employee to help answer my questions. Each of the
