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- Google team match hell I cleared all my interviews for Google TPM ladder. The recruiter called in 10 days that i have got primarily positive feedback and approved for L5/6 TPM. He said the new process is to go through team matching before going to HC. It been 4 months and i am just stuck in this team matching hell. The fi
- Rejected by Google again. Google is my dream company, and I just got rejected by them for the third time :( 1st time was around 5 years ago and I was totally unprepared at LC. 2nd time was 2 years ago, I did 450questions on LC and I received multiple offer from tier 1 companies (when I joined Meta) but still failed Google
- Google Permanet Remote Hey folks! I recenty accepted an offer from google and its fully remote. My question is that i am definitely going to miss out on the free food and other amneties provided in office. Does google compensate this in one or other for fully remote employees- like gym etc? Also can i get a badge to a
- Quitting Google Joined 2 years back L5 @ 370k. Stock appreciated + stacked refresher, TC is now ~650k (13 YOE, Bay area). Quitting because feel down-leveled. Scope of work has not much impact. No promotion in sight in the next 2 years. Team is good, but lot of work. Don't want to change teams. Got offers from Mic
- Google google google Google google google I am joining google google google I love google google google google Old TC: $110k New TC: $350k Data science job family google
- I love Google Just an appreciation post for Google. I joined Google from a smaller company last year and I couldn’t really understand why people loved working at Google so much. After being here for a year and few months, I can see why. You really get to work with super smart people. You really feel like the com
- Should I leave Google? I got an offer from amazon 5 months ago for TC of 335k SDE2 Google gave me 328k for L4 since I had Amazon, so I have joined Google. I have received couple of email from Amazon that they are still interested and open to renegotiate the offer. They said they will increase 25% which makes it 418k.
- Moving from Google to HFTs Can someone who moved from Google to HFT explain to me what their motivation was to do so. And how has their experience been so far? Also what if I move and don't like HFTs, would it be easy to come back to Google? Thanks
- This is why Google lowballs There are tons of future Noogler waiting in line to join Google and post pic with Noogler hat and confetti. “This was my dream gmail -> google.com” Now it makes sense. Completely makes sense. Please “comment for better reach” or “++” 🤣🤣🤣 #futureNoogler #linkedin
- [India] Google Downlevel Hi, Will keep it short. - 2 YoE, L60 at Microsoft, will be L61 in June. - Got an offer for L5 at Amazon. - Got positive feedback in all rounds at Google, but recruiter is pressuring me to take L3. - Since start I told this recruiter that I am interested in L4, and she confirmed in written that inte
- link Google hiring sucks - help me fix it Edit: Thank you for all the suggestions and experiences. Closing this out since I won't be going through all the responses after this. I am working on setting the direction for some hiring overhaul for SWE and PM ladders at Google. We have some internal data but that tends to be super filtered giv
- Bye Google Hitting my 4 year cliff, going from 570 to 290. Bouncing to another offer full remote at 500. 10 yoe, been at L5 for 6 years, will be at equivalent of high L6 or low L7. Peace. Not naming new company. Interview or get rekt.
- link Amazon and Google support anti-abortion politicians Amazon and Google among the top supporters of anti-abortion politicians in the US. Now that the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v Wade, how can these companies still claim to support women and equality? https://popular.info/p/these-13-corporations-have-spent
- Tortuous Google interview process Of all companies , Google has the longest , tortuous and arduous interview process , you are greenlighted into tm and then also you can be rejected , who in their sane minds drew up this process . It is not only long but also very tortous
- Google HC review I have recently interviewed for Google for L5 SWE and my recruiter said my feedback was supportive moving forward to TM. I am guessing my feedback is on the borderline, brain freeze in the first coding round, and the SD seems not quite good too (from my point of view). In one of my good coding inte
- Google Waterloo offer evaluation Please help evaluating this google L3 offer at Waterloo, Canada office. Base: 115k cad Sign: 25k cad Stock: 121k usd Year 1 TC: 205k cad Yoe: 3.5
- vote Google vs Meta Offer Hey Blind! I'm trying to choose between these two offers in the Bay area: Google L4 (Matched Meta Pretty Much) USD 184 / 15% / 340k RSU (vesting 33-33-22-12) / Sign On: 75k TC: 398k year 1 Meta E4 (Max E4 Offer) USD 184 / 15% / 450k RSU (vesting 25-25-25-25) / Sign On: 75k TC: 399k year 1 I've a
- vote Fuck Google Interviews Seemingly neverending process Absolutely disrespectful to interviewee's time No clue which team you're going to work in Need written offers to negotiate. Company is fine, interview process is not. Update: Got an offer, not joining. The process made me salty.
- Google Offered Me 30k Google just offered me 30k euro base in warsaw (poland). That was my reaction exactly
- I did it, I'm going to Google! Thanks to all of you on Blind who answered all my questions in the past and for providing valuable insight into the industry and the interview process. Approximate timeline: Early Jan: Google recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn, initial phone screen Skipped phone screen and went straight to onsites,
- Google Product Manager - Mocks Anyone else preparing to interview for product manager roles #pm #productmanager at Google and interested in working together for mock interviews? Please DM me. TC: 450
- vote Google interview Today I interviewed with Google for l4. This is second time I interviewed. Had 3 tech rounds and 1 behavior. This is 2 less rounds than last time. Last time I had one phone screen and 5 rounds virtual onsite. Did Google decrease number of rounds of interview or am I being downlevelled? Interviews w
- Got rejected after being downleveled by Google I had such an experience going over Google hiring process that I wanted to share with you all! :-D First, got approached by a recruiter over LinkedIn, we had the talk and they asked for my CV - probably to ingest data into their system. They also explained to me the whole process I was about the ex
- Google just got easier: no more team matching Google hiring policy change. Will no longer do team matching, it'll become team-based hiring instead. - Before: 4 algo rounds general hire -> Hiring committee - Now: 2 algo round + 1 domain knowledge + hiring manager round (all team-specific) The rationale is current system outputs a lot of fal
- Google Product Manager offer Hi All - Currently a L7 PMT team manager at Amazon. I interviewed with Google for a L7 Product Management team manager role and also got team matched. But got down levelled to L6 in the hiring committee. The recruiter has not yet come back with the offer $ numbers. The problem is that my current TC
- vote Google cafe etiquette and googleyness. Here’s what I eat in a typical day: Scrambled eggs Avocado based side Apple chicken sausage Mini cheese danish Pudding Strawberry banana smoothie Caramel macchiato Noosa yogurt (from fridge) One cheese stick (from fridge) Spindrift 5oz of Chicken tikka 5oz serving of paneer Naan 🫓 bread Some r
- Google Google recuter wants to call me to provide interview feedback. I interviewed Friday and today is Monday. Bad sign? Tc: 184k Yoe: almost 4 Bachelor's
- vote Google VS Amazon I am in a very difficult position. I joined Amazon 2 weeks ago and recently received a hire from Google as well (team match is pending). Amazon offer: L5 TC: ~300k CAD Base: 195 CAD, RSU: 60, JB: 100k CAD for 1st yr, 75k CAD for 2nd. Google: L3 TC: unknown Recruiter told me that they won’t exactly
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- vote Google vs. Tiktok Currently at Google, TC~400k per year. Received Tiktok offer (working in MTV), 30% more in TC. Google is a great company, but very crowded for career growth. Tiktok has potentials, but is probably worse in culture and wlb, risky in future. Should I stay in Google or join tiktok?
- Should I try Google interview? Recently, one of the Google recruiters contacted me for EU positions. Joined Amazon 2 months ago, and the work is pretty boring. I heard there aren't many exciting roles in EU for Google too, should I still go for it? I'm aiming for career growth right now, but couldn't find much at Amazon (EU suc
- [India] Google Interviews I have interviews scheduled for Google in coming weeks. I have kept the time as early mornings. This means my interviewers might not be from India, but from Japan/Asia etc. I did this to prevent clash with work schedule. Do I expect tougher questions from them ? Shall I stick with Google India time
- vote Help: Google or MSFT Edit: values not in USD guys, cmon lol I’m a new grad, non-US: Google L3 140k base 270k stocks/4 15% target bonus Hybrid, MCOL MSFT SDE2 170k base 140k stocks/4 10% target 15k sign-on Remote, LCOL Msft is final offer, not negotiated with google yet.
- Google India Vs Google London Where do I have more chances to get in - Google India or Google London? Is it true that Google India asks tougher questions and doesn't take communication/HR skills into account? I have 8 months of experience currently. I'm an Indian, working in India.
- vote Eval Google L6 Offer I got a couple other offers but narrowed it down to staying at Meta or leaving to G. Offer is 1.1M/4 years with front loaded vesting. 235 base, 20% bonus and 75k signing. With 200k refresher that’s 690 average over next two years and 640 over 4 year average. With meeting expectations. At meta it
- Why google is shit Low pay Hostile to remote work Stupid low bar above new grad. For L4 they still don’t ask system design 🤣 New grads are mostly interns who lucked out on their coding questions. Senior engineers from outside are all shit due to low bar and bad pay. Hiring process is extremely slow Work culture
- vote Google vs amazon Hi I have an offer from google (tc 240k +sign on 30k) and am about to join in a week. Right now, i am going to get an offer from amazon with level L6 with a good package greater than 100k (tc 350k). @google @amazon Both roles are same. Does this make sense to ask google for counter offer?? Pl
- Google HW Offer Expectations I recently completed an interview loop with Google for a power arch role. Google HR reached out saying they have obtained all approvals to extend an offer. HR will reach out tomorrow to talk about comp, however heard that WLB is bad in the team. Also have an offer from Intel for similar role that is
- vote Google doesn’t lowball in India Idk why folks keep saying google low balls in India. I think, I got a good offer from them. Base : 39lac Performance : 15% Joining bonus: 9lac Stocks: 1Lac USD front loaded Level: L4 Yoe: 6 What do other guys who have L4 offers from India think? Do you still think this is a lowball
- Harvard or Google PM? Currently an IC5 PM at Meta. Extremely burnt out of being at Meta, both the company and work. Have an L5 offer from Google (numbers coming) and an acceptance from Harvard business school. I like tech enough that I think I'll stay a PM (not really considering VC or finance transition) and I'm afraid
- Google data scientist interview Looking for stats prep material to prep for DS interview at GOOGLE. Please provide if you have been in this process before. Would love to hear other recommendations as well. #data #datascience #google #stats #datascientist #machinelearning
- vote Will Google renegotiate? I have an offer from Google for SWE L3 India. I have already accepted the offer, but I might be getting an offer from DE Shaw for a higher TC. Will G renegotiate? Can they rescind my offer if I attempt to Renegotiate? Google's Offer TC: 46 LPA Current TC: 18 LPA Experience: 9 months #google #goo
- Shame on Google for PIP Quota 🤮🤮🤮 🤮 Shame shame shame. Google is going to perform GRAD for reviews: there will 6% called MI and 2% called NE, sounds like dev and pip from Amazon. Stack ranking, toxicity, backstabbing, cut throat competition, boot licking, brown nosing, nepotism/favoritism are all now arriving at Google. Now Google
- Google H1b transfer It’s been 2 weeks since having accepted an offer from Google, SWE L4 MV California Current: 🥜 Offered TC: 325 It’s been 2 weeks and no one from BAL has reached out to my h1 transfer. Offer letter and recruiter says someone should have reached out within 48 hrs. Is this normal? Anyone experiencin
- vote Shortened loops with Google and Amazon!! Google skipped their phone screen for me and now an Amazon recruiter says they’ll only do two onsite interviewers and will definitely pay 500k+. Has anyone else experienced this!??? What the hell is going on? Is the market THAT hot? Addendum: This is for L7 PM Manager managing a team of 3 PMs. Mo
- link Google L5 offer After all the negotiations , just signed the following L5 offer. Base : 225 Bonus: standard 15% Signon: 60k GSUs: 450k Location: bay area I really think I should have pushed a bit more on the stock. But my competing offer at square(other were LinkedIn and a couple of startups). was on the same line
- Google offering L4 I have 10 years of experience , google is offering L4 should I consider it? I saw a couple of post in which people with 4 years experience getting L4. I am confused.
- vote Google L6 offer evaluation It's just me or this seems way too low? Base: 250K RSU: 600K over 4 years Sign-on: 50K Bonus: 20% Is this how one of the toughest to be accepted and most profitable companies on Earth pays? Edit. Location: Mountain View Role: SWE
- Post Google Onsite Cooling Period Hey Nooglers, I wanted to ask what happens after the end of the cooling period (specifically for PM positions post onsite failure.) Do recruiters usually reach out, or do you apply and get a sure shot interview if your previous onsite wasn’t much bad? Also do you have to go through the whole loop
- vote Google vs. Stripe Would you leave Google for Stripe if TC were the same? Assume Stripe offered and Google matched.