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Many initiatives are bottom-up. This can be a good thing or a bad thing. It means there is not always clear guidance on what is important from leadership. On the other hand, it means individual contributors can have a big impact on the company.
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The interview process was conducted in a timely manner. They respected my time, and even though I didn't get the job, I still felt like they gave me a fair chance and supported me during the process.
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Applied online. They skipped the phone interview. The interview on campus was moderately difficult and focused on system design problems. Received an offer in a week. They beat a competing offer from another popular large company.
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I was contacted through LinkedIn by a Google recruiter for their Glasses Team in Google X. I signed an NDA. I had a short, 30-minute phone screen with an engineer. It was pretty generic, with a few basic questions on RF. Unfortunately, he couldn't a
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2021The interview process was conducted in a timely manner. They respected my time, and even though I didn't get the job, I still felt like they gave me a fair chance and supported me during the process.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2016Applied online. They skipped the phone interview. The interview on campus was moderately difficult and focused on system design problems. Received an offer in a week. They beat a competing offer from another popular large company.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2012I was contacted through LinkedIn by a Google recruiter for their Glasses Team in Google X. I signed an NDA. I had a short, 30-minute phone screen with an engineer. It was pretty generic, with a few basic questions on RF. Unfortunately, he couldn't a
