Bleeding Edge, Long Hours
Bleeding Edge, Long Hours
Amazing technology. Great environment to learn in. High expectations. You need to be able to upramp quickly and come up to speed on emerging, bleeding-edge technologies in short order.
The hours can be very long.
Google has a strong "Not Invented Here" mentality.
So you will work with a lot of Google-only code. Everything from the development environment, build system, code review tool, and automated test tool are in-house only tools. They are all custom developed.
Focus more on Mobile. Be careful not to be too distracted by the Google X projects.
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I applied for a Google SWE position and went through a recruiter call first. The recruiter was very friendly and clear about the process. My phone screen had two coding questions: * One on arrays (two sum variant) * Another on dynamic programming (u
Software Engineer
Quick background discussion, and talking with the interviewer, he was quite friendly. However, it was a tough interview; I didn't have enough background knowledge. That said, I enjoyed it. The only thing I would do differently is prepare longer next
Software Engineer
The interviewer had a strong accent, so I couldn't understand him well. Also, he was not too attentive. I could see he was looking at his phone and not paying attention.
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesNovember 24, 2025I applied for a Google SWE position and went through a recruiter call first. The recruiter was very friendly and clear about the process. My phone screen had two coding questions: * One on arrays (two sum variant) * Another on dynamic programming (u
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesNovember 11, 2025Quick background discussion, and talking with the interviewer, he was quite friendly. However, it was a tough interview; I didn't have enough background knowledge. That said, I enjoyed it. The only thing I would do differently is prepare longer next
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 12, 2025The interviewer had a strong accent, so I couldn't understand him well. Also, he was not too attentive. I could see he was looking at his phone and not paying attention.
