Google vs Facebook Internship

Oct 25, 2019 12 Comments

Having a tough time deciding between 2020 internship offers at Google and Facebook.

Currently in the host matching process for Google, but I'm unofficially talking to a few teams that are interested in me (we haven't gone though the official host match process since they haven't gotten intern approval yet). I don't have a confirmed offer until I match with a team though.

Facebook I have a guaranteed offer that I'm allowed to move around to the spring/fall school term if I want.

Deciding between turning down Facebook to risk it for Google, sticking safe with Facebook and turning down Google, or taking both (one off season). The last option would delay my graduation by a semester.

Google TC: 7500/month + 9k housing overall
Facebook TC: 8k/month + 1.6k housing/month post tax

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  • New
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    IMHO a one semester delay is not too much to be able to say that you worked at both Google and Facebook
    Oct 26, 2019 0
  • Just something to consider:

    1. Being in the host matching process doesn’t guarantee an offer. I’ve learned that lesson many times during my undergrad and PhD.

    2. Most interns get a return offer from Facebook and it’s solely based on your internship performance, whereas at Google you will need to go through 2+ additional interviews after your internship and still I heard only about 50% (?) will get a return offer.

    3. The full-time packages for interns at Facebook are very competitive. Google tends to lowball people these days.
    Oct 26, 2019 0
  • Google / Eng
    d3j88wq

    Go to company page Google Eng

    d3j88wq
    I wouldn't turn down Facebook before you have a Google offer. But maybe you could tell Google you have a competing offer and ask to expedite the process.
    Oct 26, 2019 1
  • Do both! It's so valuable to have internship experience - you get to try on different companies and choose which one you like. Nothing like this exists once you start full time. Google and fb have pretty different cultures. Delaying school by a semester is not a big deal. With all the extra income you'll make that will probably pay for the semester in fact. You could even walk away with multiple full time offers and use those to compete against each other.
    Oct 26, 2019 0
  • Cisco
    BlackGirl❤

    Go to company page Cisco

    BlackGirl❤
    Do both dude
    Oct 25, 2019 0