Somehow, they managed to keep a very friendly and open culture, which does wonders for engineering. It's also very much bottom-to-top, not the other way around. I've seen some of the best examples of servant leadership in this company, from Eng Manager to VP level.
Also, Google's Introdays are massive and awesome. Anyone working here also gets massive coolness among friends and family.
Sometimes time zones can be a little hard to work across, but that's a given with any international company. I wish they had better planning sometimes; some changes of the main north stars mean a lot of restructures and letting go of people :(
Generally, keep doing what you're doing how you're doing it. Keep fighting the good fight.
Also, get teams together face to face as much as you can.
Phone screen, followed by coding interview/backend-specific questions. Then, a 5-hour interview session consisting of: * Coding interview * Case study * System design * Behavioral/values Overall, I had a good experience. The interviewers w
Recruiter screen. Tech screen. On-site in four parts: * Algorithms * Architecture * Management / Team * Incident roleplay The incident section was really good; very enjoyable. I absolutely bombed the architecture section because I got stu
It was good. Over three months, there were five interviews and two assignments. It was stressful, but not as bad as it could have been. Overall, I have heard of people going through much worse.
Phone screen, followed by coding interview/backend-specific questions. Then, a 5-hour interview session consisting of: * Coding interview * Case study * System design * Behavioral/values Overall, I had a good experience. The interviewers w
Recruiter screen. Tech screen. On-site in four parts: * Algorithms * Architecture * Management / Team * Incident roleplay The incident section was really good; very enjoyable. I absolutely bombed the architecture section because I got stu
It was good. Over three months, there were five interviews and two assignments. It was stressful, but not as bad as it could have been. Overall, I have heard of people going through much worse.