Great place to work, but be prepared for the hours
Great place to work, but be prepared for the hours
Great people, great technology, and a wealth of interesting problems to work on.
Although work-life balance is something the company is working on, it's not quite as good as it could be. The mileage on this varies from group to group, but ours tends to require more time than most.
Focus on work-life balance and getting the right people in the right positions. Stop worrying about Google and focus on a couple of initiatives and really hit those. It seems like we're really spreading ourselves too thin at times.
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Senior Software Design Engineer
I was scheduled for a phone call with the hiring manager, which I expected to be technical. However, it was mostly a useless chat with no skill assessment and a vague job description. Despite this, I still felt (and believe) I was a very good fit fo
Senior Software Design Engineer
There is an initial telephonic round, which is technical. You should be prepared to write C code for basic coding problems such as reversing a linked list or deleting every n-th node in a linked list. After you pass the telephonic round, there will
Software Engineer Intern
Very straightforward, two back-to-back thirty-minute technical interviews that had a combination of LeetCode easy and medium questions, along with some behavioral questions that were sprinkled in there.
Senior Software Design Engineer
Dublin, IrelandNovember 1, 2018I was scheduled for a phone call with the hiring manager, which I expected to be technical. However, it was mostly a useless chat with no skill assessment and a vague job description. Despite this, I still felt (and believe) I was a very good fit fo
Senior Software Design Engineer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaSeptember 18, 2012There is an initial telephonic round, which is technical. You should be prepared to write C code for basic coding problems such as reversing a linked list or deleting every n-th node in a linked list. After you pass the telephonic round, there will
Software Engineer Intern
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 21, 2025Very straightforward, two back-to-back thirty-minute technical interviews that had a combination of LeetCode easy and medium questions, along with some behavioral questions that were sprinkled in there.
