Ground Your Expectations
Ground Your Expectations
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All the perks you've heard about. Gym, dogs, laundry, etc.
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Prestige. Nothing like being able to say you work at Google.
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Food. There is no shortage of amazing things to eat there.
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Can be difficult to move up. Being promoted at Google takes a bit of luck in regard to how much internal prestige your assigned team has.
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If you don't love what you do, you will be miserable. At Google, whatever your duties are, expect to have them on your mind 24/7. The "work-life" balance is very skewed toward work.
Do something about how random it can be to move up in the company.
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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).
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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.
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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
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Mountain View, California, United StatesNovember 24, 2025First, 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).
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJuly 21, 2025LeetCode 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.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJune 30, 2025The 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
