Initial comp was great; refreshes are harder to get and you have no leverage
Very fragmented; too many product areas; lots of bureaucracy.
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.
I had given interviews in December, and the feedback was positive. But after completion and positive feedback, a new recruiter was assigned to my application as the position for which I was interviewed was filled. She told me I was considered for L3. And I was interested in L4; she asked me to give ...Read more
Hear a lot about how Google is the center of the tech universe; THE mothership. I decided to interview there. But I was really shocked by the quality of the interviewers there. I enjoyed just one interview out of the 5 scheduled. I must say though that one interview was really good. People doing te...Read more
I had Google interview and feedbacks wasn't good enough to pass HC. My feedback package didn't even go to HC even though my behavioral and system design feedbacks were good. I was asked one LC hard question during one of the interview and an open ended question during another interview (given 100K p...Read more
1. Tell me a time when you felt proud? Thanks for asking the question. When I was at FucKinnsey, I helped to plan colonial settlement in a foreign land. I was given a task to immediately kick out the locals. It was challenging, but I studied Jim Crow Era laws, European colonial expansion and using l...Read more
One reason I always wanted to get into google as a PM was for the podcasts app. Finally secured an interview but seeing as the app is going to be collapsed into YouTube or whatever, I’m kinda less motivated. I know this sounds very crazy but humour me. Any Google PMs here work on the podcasts app? ...Read more
I passed 4 technical interviews at Google. Currently I am a 3-1 in ByteDance. TC: 575K. Now the recruiter came back and said the technical part is done but the last interview is to check my ‘googliness’. He said… well he said a lot … can any of those who have passed this, tell me, how to prepare for...Read more
How long do shall I expect to hear back from the recruiter after the final interview with Google?
Hey Blind After Coinbase withdrew their offer last week, suddenly Google reached me and appointed a screening interview today. Given that I have 8 YOE, the assumption is that they target for L5. I never really applied for Google as I know their interviews are pretty rough. I always assumed only al...Read more
I started looking at google interview experiences and tagged questions in leetcode. All I see are extensive mind boggling backtracking dynamic programming questions on graphs. Seriously ? Do they really ask such questions to everybody ? Would like to hear from google interviewers / recent interview...Read more
I have 2.8 years of experience and received positive feedback after my December interviews with Google. The recruiter has offered me the option to retake all interviews including phone screening for an L4 position or proceed with my current L3 application (with the possibility of additional rounds f...Read more
Left Google 10 years ago. On my way out the door my manager fucked my review because he knew I was leaving. He was on the radar for HR and under investigation for his asshole behavior. One of the rare times one of these managers got pinned to the wall by HR and actually was held accountable. As a re...Read more
Last week interviewed at Google, and unfortunately, the experience left much to be desired. The interview was scheduled for 10 am PST, but no one showed up for the first 15 minutes. After informing the recruiter, I resumed my work. An hour later, I received a call from the interviewer, who claimed I...Read more
How the F do you prepare for Google L4? It’s my first Google interview. It’s the first round that’s going to be virtual technical. Is blind 75 good enough? Or Google tagged questions? Or anything else? #interview #google #helpme
Had a recruiter reach out a few weeks ago for a SE interview. Told her I need a few weeks to study and she said I could email her when I was ready. Got an email today saying they're no longer interviewing for Early Career Software Engineer positions. If you've already started interviews at google go...Read more
I am done , the one time I do good and actually pass the interview this shit happens, I genuinely spent sooo much time on this , was over the moon when I got the pass , then this ruined my week man, Really depressed right now. my luck always been this bad what else to expect #google YOE: 1.2 Updat...Read more
EDIT: I pointed out the races of my other interviewers because it supports the point that the only person who was hard to talk to was a white male. Everyone EXCEPT the white guy was normal. The white guy was clearly aiming for "gotcha" comments, was using obnoxiousness as a "quirky" personality co...Read more
What kind of questions are expected for engineering managers at Google? Are they expected to be solving puzzles/algorithm/write code? Are there any evaluation on people management or leadership? How does the onsite interviews work? Weightage for each category? How do we crack the interview? Any tips...Read more
I have 2 weeks before my phone screening for L4. How do I prepare. I have been doing light leetcoding but not like DP and Trie so need advice on how to crack google. TC: 160k