Great for learning good tech practices; could be impactful in some start-up teams
Great for learning good tech practices; could be impactful in some start-up teams
- Great tech stack.
- Since Day 1, you can feel lots of engineers have helped build a streamlined tech culture and environment there.
- Truly care about employees' well-being - excellent health benefits, gyms, and facilities, especially in the Google Cloud HQ in Sunnyvale, CA.
- Care for readability of code.
- Good work-life balance.
- Global offices - nice offices in the Bay Area, NYC, and Cambridge, MA.
- Met lots of people from various backgrounds - Great diversity and inclusion.
- Code review processes can be long.
- To make an impact, one may need to be selective about teams and projects.
- Due to the long code review process and incremental code changes, it could be hard to submit complete code for a project in a short period of time.
Simplify code submission policies. Maximize impact per unit time.
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I'm a returning intern, so I received an offer after the project matching stage. The project matching stage involves a call with a potential host. During this call, you describe your interests, and the host determines if you are a good fit.
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Two back-to-back phone interviews. My first interview was pretty mediocre. I finished a LeetCode medium problem and answered complexity questions. The second interview went much better; the interviewer and I had a good connection. A week later, I
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I had two phone interviews. Both interviews consisted of coding for given problems. It was only coding; I wasn't asked about my research or areas of interest, even though I am a PhD candidate who mainly researches a specific topic.
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Sunnyvale, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2021I'm a returning intern, so I received an offer after the project matching stage. The project matching stage involves a call with a potential host. During this call, you describe your interests, and the host determines if you are a good fit.
Software Engineering Intern
United StatesSeptember 28, 2020Two back-to-back phone interviews. My first interview was pretty mediocre. I finished a LeetCode medium problem and answered complexity questions. The second interview went much better; the interviewer and I had a good connection. A week later, I
Software Engineering Intern
United StatesMay 13, 2014I had two phone interviews. Both interviews consisted of coding for given problems. It was only coding; I wasn't asked about my research or areas of interest, even though I am a PhD candidate who mainly researches a specific topic.
