Hard to beat
Hard to beat
Amazing compensation and benefits (hard to beat in Seattle). The office space is cozy, and there's lots of autonomy. Taking initiative on important things is heavily rewarded.
Growing pains as Google has gone from ~10k to ~100k FTE during my tenure.
Processes have mostly scaled, but internal trust and culture have not.
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Initial contact with the recruiter was via email. I had been contacted in the past and finally replied to a follow-up. I was able to skip the phone screen due to my experience level and internal Google references. I had five on-site, hour-long inte
Staff Software Engineer
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
Staff Software Engineer
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.
Staff Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 27, 2014Initial contact with the recruiter was via email. I had been contacted in the past and finally replied to a follow-up. I was able to skip the phone screen due to my experience level and internal Google references. I had five on-site, hour-long inte
Staff Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2021Lengthy 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
Staff Software Engineer
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.
