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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Software Engineer
It was a little slower than I expected, but that's maybe understandable for such a giant company. Overall, I'm happy with the process. Not recommended, at all. But recommended, though.
Software Engineer
Someone called and asked random stuff about my resume. They found one Java program and grilled me about Java. Then they asked things about Linux when I said I have used it. Another interviewer asked me to work on hash maps. The first part of the inte
Software Engineer
It was good. I had a few questions prepared, and however, I never got a callback. The questions were not particularly challenging, and I didn't really struggle. It was pretty good.
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesAugust 21, 2025It was a little slower than I expected, but that's maybe understandable for such a giant company. Overall, I'm happy with the process. Not recommended, at all. But recommended, though.
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesDecember 1, 2009Someone called and asked random stuff about my resume. They found one Java program and grilled me about Java. Then they asked things about Linux when I said I have used it. Another interviewer asked me to work on hash maps. The first part of the inte
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesMarch 1, 2020It was good. I had a few questions prepared, and however, I never got a callback. The questions were not particularly challenging, and I didn't really struggle. It was pretty good.
