Large variety of teams and projects, open internal mobility, strong infrastructure, still plenty of smart people around.
Starting to get a bit conservative (as in risk-averse).
Remote offices are great to visit, but the best projects are kept close to headquarters.
Lots of LeetCode-style tests. There was very little interest in anything beyond that in the first few rounds. Once you get to team fit, things change a bit. Overall, the experience was just jumping through hoops.
I was rejected after receiving "excellent" feedback after every step of the process from the recruiter. It was a bit misleading to then hear that it was not good enough.
An external recruiter, in agreement with Google, approached me 1.5 months ago. She screened me preliminarily and, based on what I gathered was needed, considered my background suitable. She told me to expect the next interview with an internal recrui
Lots of LeetCode-style tests. There was very little interest in anything beyond that in the first few rounds. Once you get to team fit, things change a bit. Overall, the experience was just jumping through hoops.
I was rejected after receiving "excellent" feedback after every step of the process from the recruiter. It was a bit misleading to then hear that it was not good enough.
An external recruiter, in agreement with Google, approached me 1.5 months ago. She screened me preliminarily and, based on what I gathered was needed, considered my background suitable. She told me to expect the next interview with an internal recrui