Great Benefits, Socially Responsible
Great Benefits, Socially Responsible
Tales of terrible work-life balance are exaggerated; tales of lavish benefits are not. 9-5 or 10-6 are pretty standard working hours, although some choose to work longer.
Managers are explicitly there to help you get ahead in your career. Most take that to heart and act accordingly.
A strong culture of engineering well, rather than fast. Unit testing, code coverage, automated sanity checks, peer reviews, etc., are the norm.
A very socially responsible company, even more than they like to advertise. It's easy to feel proud to work for a company acting very intentionally to do great things for the world.
The open office layout is noisy and distracting. It's possible to cope, but I really wish we had separate cubes or offices.
Being social is required to get ahead. Everyone has a high level of competence coming in, so you get ahead through collaboration, leadership, impact, and other things that are difficult to do if you're not a social person.
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The interview process involved a phone interview, followed by an onsite visit with four interviews and a lunch. Every question was fairly simple, although optimal solutions seemed important. The interviewers all had extensions to the problems, desig
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I was referred by an employee at Google Seattle. Initial contact was made by an Alumni Specialist, as I had previously interned but have a year of industry experience. The specialist determined my project interests and location preference, and then c
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I first had a 45-minute phone interview that involved one easy programming question. A few days later, I was contacted about having a longer interview at their office in Seattle. They flew me to Seattle for the interview. The interview was 5 hours
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2016The interview process involved a phone interview, followed by an onsite visit with four interviews and a lunch. Every question was fairly simple, although optimal solutions seemed important. The interviewers all had extensions to the problems, desig
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2018I was referred by an employee at Google Seattle. Initial contact was made by an Alumni Specialist, as I had previously interned but have a year of industry experience. The specialist determined my project interests and location preference, and then c
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2018I first had a 45-minute phone interview that involved one easy programming question. A few days later, I was contacted about having a longer interview at their office in Seattle. They flew me to Seattle for the interview. The interview was 5 hours
