It's a job
It's a job
Good perks. Free snacks/drinks. Nice campus in Mountain View. Plenty of parking. Challenging, interesting work. I had a good manager that looked out for me, but that may not be the case for everyone.
You will be the disdain of most of your geek peers. The wheels seem to be falling off lately.
No incentive to innovate.
The whole business model needs to be reevaluated. Management is holding too tightly to the old cash cows. In order to innovate, you have to give something up and make some hard decisions.
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A very professional and well-organized interview system. Every interviewer treated me with respect and made me feel comfortable. The interviews ranged from problem-solving, coding, and design questions. One round covered testing in depth.
Senior Software Engineer
From beginning to end, this was one of the most aloof interview processes I've ever been a part of. I applied online and didn't hear back until three weeks after. While this was fine, as I was willing to wait for Microsoft, what was most egregious wa
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Had a total of 3 rounds of interviews. All focused on system design and were of medium to high difficulty. * First round on current project. * Second round on designing search to report nearest petrol bunks.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesMay 1, 2017A very professional and well-organized interview system. Every interviewer treated me with respect and made me feel comfortable. The interviews ranged from problem-solving, coding, and design questions. One round covered testing in depth.
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Bellevue, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2022From beginning to end, this was one of the most aloof interview processes I've ever been a part of. I applied online and didn't hear back until three weeks after. While this was fine, as I was willing to wait for Microsoft, what was most egregious wa
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Hyderābād, Telangana, IndiaMarch 11, 2025Had a total of 3 rounds of interviews. All focused on system design and were of medium to high difficulty. * First round on current project. * Second round on designing search to report nearest petrol bunks.
