Very good perks in terms of salary, free food, and a gym.
"Googlyness, don't be evil, respect each other" are just BS.
Reality is that liars and incompetent engineers and managers are respected, appreciated, and incentivized by being put in leading positions.
Evaluation and promotion processes are not necessarily based on contributions but are sometimes popularity competitions.
There's a low bar in the quality of both managers and engineers, and the number of incompetent people is really large. There's no job security anymore since the layoffs started in 2023.
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.