You get to work on problems at a huge scale. The company is so big and moving around is so easy that you can practically do anything you want.
Google used to be a place of innovation and experimentation. People were encouraged to hack on things, create side projects, and propose projects. Now, upper management wants everyone in "alignment". If you create a side project that benefits thousands of people internally, saves the company money, or fixes longstanding bugs, you get a gentle pat on the back and zero credit at performance review time. I was laid off without warning. People still at the company will join me for lunch, but are so afraid of being fired that they won't even sign me in to let me pick my things up from my desk. About "diversity & inclusion", when you have career events for people based on the way they look, that's called "exclusion".
The CEO, Sundar, taking responsibility for bad decisions, would be resigning, along with other executives who participated, not firing 12,000 people. You must have enough money. Do you really need more?
First, an online assessment, then the HR call, then several rounds of technical interview (you need to solve data structure/algorithm problems), and finally a manager interview (mostly behavioral questions).
LeetCode basically doesn't care about experience or brains. LeetCode is kinda weird, though. But what can you expect from FAANG besides that? Just save your time and energy and apply to a real software company.
The first round was behavioral, focusing on STAR method-type questions. They mostly asked about being a team player and having a positive attitude. This was followed by three LeetCode rounds. Two medium and one medium-hard question were asked durin
First, an online assessment, then the HR call, then several rounds of technical interview (you need to solve data structure/algorithm problems), and finally a manager interview (mostly behavioral questions).
LeetCode basically doesn't care about experience or brains. LeetCode is kinda weird, though. But what can you expect from FAANG besides that? Just save your time and energy and apply to a real software company.
The first round was behavioral, focusing on STAR method-type questions. They mostly asked about being a team player and having a positive attitude. This was followed by three LeetCode rounds. Two medium and one medium-hard question were asked durin