- Still a good company on paper with competitive comp, great benefits, and well positioned in the current shift to AI-focused technologies - Still has a lot of great people that are both incredibly talented and kind
The current climate of economic scarcity and aggressive shifts to AI is forcing Google to make some hard choices. I don't think it's that Google has fundamentally changed, but that it's shifted from a "peace time" state to a "war time" mentality. The problem with this shift is that those who thrive in war time mindsets are gaining influence and are likely to impact long term culture. There are still a lot of wonderful and resilient leaders in Google who are fighting for the culture, but they're burning out as business demands continue to mount.
Hey, I’m currently on F1 STEM OPT. I have one last chance remaining at the H1B lottery. I was recently referred to Google. I applied for their SWE position in NYC and Bay area. On my initial phone call with my recruiter, she told me that Google’s policy is that “they only hire people with two remai...Read more
Same applies to other new grad positions. #engineering #software #swe
I'm in the offer negotiation phase for SWE L4 at Google. I have ~8 months left on my OPT and may not be able to apply for H1B next year The entire process took quite long and my recruiter said it's fine and it looked like a generic ok response from the immigration team. Has anyone been in a similar...Read more
I got an offer from Google for SWE L4 in USA. I'm currently on my last year of opt, around 7 months remaining. Whenever I asked about visa, the recruiter always mentioned they should be fine to onboard me Should I let me manager / G know that I'll have to figure out other location options after I j...Read more
Hello! Has anyone else joined Google while already on stem opt? How did you get a I983 filled out? I have to submit one to my uni within 10 days of employment. I start next month. Any info would be appreciated. TC : 205 Y.O.E : 1
Google extended me an offer, whose start date will be mid March. However my OPT will expire in May, and in April it will be my last time for H1B lottery. (For those who are not familiar with OPT/H1B, OPT is a temporary work permit while H1B is a long-term work permit which you can only get via an ...Read more
I received a return intern offer from MSFT for summer 2021 & accepted it. However, MSFT interns can now opt out of the internship as it’s been officially made virtual for summer 2021. I’m also interviewing with Google for their summer 2021 internship, and I’m hoping that this leads to an offer (alth...Read more
I’ve passed Google HC early this month, currently in the team matching stage, but still unable to find a team yet, that also means no offer extended yet. But I only have a few months of OPT left and my visa will expire soon in July. Google didn’t know about this information yet, but they told me it...Read more
Hi folks, anyone here started work at Google while on STEM OPT ? How long did it take for BAL to get you your new I-983 that comes with change of employers? Note : I already have my stem EAD card Just need the new training plan from BAL google to submit to my DSO My start date is in 3 weeks - so w...Read more
I know FB and Amazon are doing that. Does Google reimburse? How to apply?
Hi guys, My OPT is expiring in 3 months but got a couple of interviews in google and amazon. What happens if I join them with 1-2 months left in my OPT? Please let me know what happens in these cases if you have come across these situations in your company.
i think you need at least N months left on OPT to be eligible for SWE interviews at facebook and google. does anybody know how many months exactly?
Hi Blinders, My OPT is expiring in Feb 2019, but google contacted me if i was interested in a position in Mountain View and then also scheduled the phone Interview. I cleared the phone interview and the on-site is scheduled on 26th this month. I'm quite surprised that google scheduled the interview...Read more
Recently signed the offer for SWE. I have close to 10 months left on OPT and I'm not Chinese or Indian citizen. I could start the GC process and have another shot at H1b. Would Google rescind my offer because of my OPT status? I mention the citizenship because my country GC queue is fast enough to n...Read more
Let's say I have 10 months left on OPT, but I'm from a ROW country (about 1.5 years to get an EAD/GC straight from OPT), but with no H1b tries. In this case, will Google or Amazon take me? #google #amazon #opt #immigration #workvisa
Interviewing for L4 at Google, was told that the System Design round is optional, and I can choose to have another coding round instead (for a total of 4 coding rounds). Has anyone chosen one over the other? What were your reasons? Should I pick System Design over the coding round? Edit: YoE: 6....Read more
Have an onsite coming up soon (looking at L4) and was given the 2 options: 1) Systems Design or opt out and do another general coding round. 2) General interview (1x behaviorial, 4x general coding) or Domain Specific (1x behaviorial, 1x general, 3x domain-focused) Wondering what people generally ...Read more
This isn't the first time it has happened. Microsoft does this too with Windows where I turn off send data to ... For debugging or troubleshooting or whatever and a few weeks later I see it's switched back on. People who are closer to the decision making on such settings related to user data colle...Read more
Does F1 OPT visa allow this if the participating org does not pay me any stipend?
I'm looking for something which has everything online, less hassles, decent interest rates, good perks and nice accessibility. TC: 32