Despite the direction of the recent changes at the company, including layoffs, cuts, and an overall shift in how the company is perceived internally, most Googlers are still awesome people to work with. The work is usually done with great care, and you can learn a lot from everyone around you.
The company sometimes seems to change faster than it can operate, causing a lot of non-trivial ambiguity to be navigated.
The experience you are going to have inside such a big company can vary a lot.
Managers held more power than what the internal training seemed to suggest. Despite being there for only two years, I've seen multiple cases of people getting ahead because of how they portray themselves and others, instead of because of their contributions.
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
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).
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.
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
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).
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.