Great company, but slowly losing appeal
Great company, but slowly losing appeal
- Free food.
- Great health care.
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Feels like it's losing a little of its soul each year.
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In 2022, they adopted a new evaluation system called "GRAD" based on Microsoft, which takes away from work/life balance and asks you to list expectations for the year, despite the fact that each month of software engineering is unpredictable with setbacks and changing priorities.
A little more heart. The stress used to not exist. It felt fun to work on a project as a team. Now it feels like constant pressure to perform in competition with your peers. Bring back the PERF rating system.
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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
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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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HR phone call followed by three technical rounds and a managerial round. Got a message from the recruiter via LinkedIn. I responded that I am interested, and then they scheduled a 15-minute interview to learn about my background and interests.
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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
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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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Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 22, 2025HR phone call followed by three technical rounds and a managerial round. Got a message from the recruiter via LinkedIn. I responded that I am interested, and then they scheduled a 15-minute interview to learn about my background and interests.
