EM at Google, AMA
3 years in Google 16+ years of experience 8+ years of EM experience Google hiring committee member
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9 min AI interview5 questions
How did you transition from IC to EM? Do you have an MBA?
How does Google compare with previous orgs you’ve worked at?
Do you imagine yourself at Google for the long term, or has switching to startups crossed your mind?
I think i am gonna stick with google, get financially independent and then start my own venture
It’s difficult for me to work in startups - long hours is an issue (have family), and have found very few startup founders I respect and would like to work with
Not getting resume shortlisted for entry level position. EQ: Masters in CSE Exp: 6months (intern) + 6months (FTE) Prev: Nvidia, Startup
Tips
Would you agree hiring bar is lower for women in diversity hiring at google or in general?
I dont agree. In the limited data set i have seen, i haven’t seen any obvious cases of lowering the bar for women candidates.
If you hire undeserving candidates, that shows up later in performance reviews. I havent seen such examples in my org. Cant speak for Google at large
Bro is also the hiring manager 😂
How is your workload like?
Its pretty manageable. Rarely work weekends, need to take night calls though. I work around 30-35 hours a week.
There is also some flexibility. I could potentially work harder (if feeling ambitious) or laze around a little bit more.
Do you code? Or it’s just managing your team?
I dont code, but i do sometimes review code. My technical contributions are scoping new problems, creating roadmap for the team and reviewing designs team is writing.
Do you have empathy for your team? How do you deal with the most difficult person in the team?
What do you think about working at Google versus working at a company with a similar pedigree?
What do you think about working in seed stage company?
Google vs other FAANG: Love google’s culture: inclusivity, a lot more bottoms up, engineering focus.
Seed stage startup: it can be a good experience, help you accelerate learning and build a get things done attitude. In addition to get things done, Large companies require more skills on collaboration, risk management and managing upwards
I'm done with interviews and currently the recruiter says it's "Trending Positive". I had one pretty okish/bad round, others were fine --> good.
What's the scope here? The recruiter is being vague but hasn't said reject yet. Asked me to wait for 1 month.
I'm unable to decipher the situation.
