Lots of free food available.
Inept management of acquisition. Told us we had years of runway, then turned around and dumped it in 2 years, leaving folks to fend for themselves. Promised support from HR was laughably inadequate.
Spent a couple of years looking for a home. To put it mildly, the development culture I found wanting. So much emphasis on coding standards and reviews, for example, but a real lack of planning for the code development in every one of the groups I worked in. Development is not just writing code, but a majority of the engineers I encountered didn’t understand that.
And Perf, the performance review system: what a monster created, albeit with good intentions. Such a massive waste of effort for the gain.
Top process. Interviewer knows a lot. Location and time were good. I like to go to interviews late at night after a disco. The process consisted of 7 rounds. Doing the same LeetCode challenge.
I sent my resume to a few Google employees and heard back from the recruiter the next day. The phone screen was very straightforward, covering basics in computer security, some programming, etc. I then had a day-long interview in Kirkland, consisting
Lengthy process, but the recruiter was helpful. Generally good interviewers. Some were not well prepared. There were kind of unexpected behavioral questions. The interview process consists of: * Two coding interviews * Two system design interviews
Top process. Interviewer knows a lot. Location and time were good. I like to go to interviews late at night after a disco. The process consisted of 7 rounds. Doing the same LeetCode challenge.
I sent my resume to a few Google employees and heard back from the recruiter the next day. The phone screen was very straightforward, covering basics in computer security, some programming, etc. I then had a day-long interview in Kirkland, consisting
Lengthy process, but the recruiter was helpful. Generally good interviewers. Some were not well prepared. There were kind of unexpected behavioral questions. The interview process consists of: * Two coding interviews * Two system design interviews