I'm surrounded by smart and friendly people and found a project with high code quality to work on without any trouble.
Googlers want to do the right thing. It's cool.
There's a lot of vegan food on the main campus, and it makes being vegan insanely easy. Since the gym is free, I've been going to the gym too, instead of just running with one of the running clubs. Perks are real :)
Like at any large company, development feels slow. We have a somewhat unique problem: a huge amount of code that doesn't scale well with existing tools. So, we make tools ourselves, but sometimes they're lacking in features that I was used to before working at Google. You have to be smart about making a fast, iterative feedback cycle for yourself if you know you'll need to tweak your code many times before you get it right.
Initially, I talked with a recruiter about Google and my interests. After that, she set up a phone screen with an engineer. The phone screener called on time and was easy to work with. He asked me a question and had me write code in a Google Doc. On
I was originally contacted by a Google recruiter. After discussing the position, the recruiter set me up for a phone interview and then for a site visit. During the site visit, I talked with five different engineers. I met each person alone. Each me
I applied online. As a first step, I was given a one-hour online coding test. After that, I was scheduled for an onsite interview at Google Mountain View. There were four technical interviews, followed by a lunch interview. Overall, I had a very
Initially, I talked with a recruiter about Google and my interests. After that, she set up a phone screen with an engineer. The phone screener called on time and was easy to work with. He asked me a question and had me write code in a Google Doc. On
I was originally contacted by a Google recruiter. After discussing the position, the recruiter set me up for a phone interview and then for a site visit. During the site visit, I talked with five different engineers. I met each person alone. Each me
I applied online. As a first step, I was given a one-hour online coding test. After that, I was scheduled for an onsite interview at Google Mountain View. There were four technical interviews, followed by a lunch interview. Overall, I had a very