Amazing Perks, Smart Colleagues
Amazing Perks, Smart Colleagues
Prestige
Very smart co-workers
Free food
No formal clothes requirement
Good pay
Laid-back culture
8-hour work days
Ping pong
Talks (famous authors, engineers, etc.)
Massages
Concerts and celebrities (Gaga, Bieber, Matisyahu, Dispatch, Regina Spektor, etc.)
Events (Team offsites, Six Flags trip, Bronx Zoo trip, etc.)
Impact - ability to really change and improve the world
Time for personal "20%" projects
Everyone loves and uses Google
Liberal
Positive, good-willed philosophy
Open, non-secretive environment
If you are not an engineer, product manager, or manager, Google may not be the most prestigious or well-paying company to work for.
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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.
