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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I was referred by a Google employee for a new graduate role. I had one coding challenge with two questions: one easy and one hard. After passing the coding test, I had a telephonic interview (a 45-minute interview). I was supposed to write code on a
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2011I was contacted by a YouTube recruiter by phone, presumably after they saw my resume on LinkedIn. After a phone screen, I was called in for a round of in-person interviews. There were about 6 people over approximately 4 hours. From my understanding
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Mountain View, California, United StatesApril 1, 2018I was referred by a Google employee for a new graduate role. I had one coding challenge with two questions: one easy and one hard. After passing the coding test, I had a telephonic interview (a 45-minute interview). I was supposed to write code on a
