Authoritarian low-level management. Management in Google is an Asian, Chinese-style. Your leads, not even managers, have complete power over you but no accountability. You are not working with them; you can only obey them.
No respect to engineering work. When I told my new manager that I prefer more engineering-type work, she promptly suggested I should leave the company. They need facilitators.
No diversity. Google is dominated by Chinese now. Our team of 13 hired 5 people, all Chinese. Now we have only 3 non-Chinese members out of 18 people. Probably, issue #1 stems from there.
Do something with culture. If leads have so much power, they must undergo the same review as management.
Do something with diversity. You hire people from the same ethnicity, they bring their culture with them, and manage others accordingly.
This was a long process, and I was given six weeks to prepare. The questions asked were mostly challenging LeetCode-style questions. It was very difficult for a non-native speaker. The process was entirely online until the final two days. I recommend
For the most part, Google's interview process was a positive experience. Starting from the beginning, here is how the process played out for me. I applied to a few positions at Google online. Within a few days, a Google recruiter reached out to me a
I was a recent US citizen and Masters graduate in ECE from a top 10 engineering school. After passing my in-person interviews and being told that the "hard part was over," I was declined for hiring. Timeline: * **Day 0:** Submitted resume online
This was a long process, and I was given six weeks to prepare. The questions asked were mostly challenging LeetCode-style questions. It was very difficult for a non-native speaker. The process was entirely online until the final two days. I recommend
For the most part, Google's interview process was a positive experience. Starting from the beginning, here is how the process played out for me. I applied to a few positions at Google online. Within a few days, a Google recruiter reached out to me a
I was a recent US citizen and Masters graduate in ECE from a top 10 engineering school. After passing my in-person interviews and being told that the "hard part was over," I was declined for hiring. Timeline: * **Day 0:** Submitted resume online