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Websitewww.google.com

HeadquartersMountain View, CA (US)

Size10000+ employees

Founded 1998

Type Company - Public (GOOG)

Industry Internet

Revenue $10+ billion (USD) per year

Competitors Microsoft, Apple, Facebook

Google is not a conventional company, and we don’t intend to become one. True, we share attributes with the world’s most successful organizations – a focus on innovation and smart business practices comes to mind – but even as we continue ... Read more

Mission: Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

Google Reviews

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Sundar Pichai

1,943 Ratings

22 Apr 2018
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Culture & Values
Career Opportunities
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Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
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Recommends
Positive Outlook
Approves of CEO
I have been working at Google full-time
Pros
Good culture, nice compensation, good offices
Cons
Huge organization hence less recognition for individual
Advice to Management
Please retain the startup culture
Google 2018-04-22 13:58 PDT

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Google Interviews

Experience 7,758 Ratings

Experience

Positive

60%

Neutral

24%

Negative

16%

Getting an Interview 8,422 Interview Reviews

Getting an Interview

Applied Online

38%

Employee Referral

24%

Recruiter

24%

Campus Recruiting

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Recruitment Agency

In Person

Difficulty 7,758 Ratings

3.4

Average

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30 Jun 2014
Helpful (767)
Software Engineer Interview
Anonymous Employee
Accepted Offer
Interview
I am student at IIT Guwahati and take up Google interview. Total 5 rounds held prior final HR round and finally got selected for Google US. The final evaluation was done by google US. The questions are mostly algorithmic
Interview Questions
Simple 2 Answers
Google 2014-06-30 06:41 PDT

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Google Awards & Accolades

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Best Companies to Work For, Fortune, 2014
100 Best Companies to Work For(#1), Fortune, 2012

2014
Best Companies to Work For, Fortune, 2014
2012
100 Best Companies to Work For(#1), Fortune, 2012
2010
Employees’ Choice -50 Best Places to Work, Glassdoor, 2010
100 Best Companies to Work For(#4), Fortune, 2010
Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign, 2010
Best Workplaces for Commuters, National Center for Transit Research at USF, 2010
Most Admired Companies in Research Science, Black Engineer & Information Technology, 2010
2009
Employees’ Choice -50 Best Places to Work, Glassdoor, 2009
2012
Best Workplaces in Canada (1000+ Employees)(#1), Great Place to Work Institute, 2012
2009
100 Best Companies to Work For(#4), Fortune, 2009
100 Fastest Growing Companies, Fortune, 2009
100 Best Companies for Minorities, Fortune, 2009
World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune, 2009
Top Places to Work Globe 100(#10), Boston Globe, 2009
Top 500 Green Companies, Newsweek, 2009
50 Most Innovative Companies(#2), BusinessWeek, 2009
World's Best Companies, BusinessWeek, 2009
America's Top Companies, Forbes, 2009
Top 200 World's Most Reputable Companies, Forbes, 2009
Best companies to work for, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2009
Barron's 500, Barron's, 2009
50 Best Large Workplaces in Europe(#3), Great Place to Work Institute Europe, 2009
Best Workplaces in Canada, Great Place to Work Institute, 2009
Best Companies to Work for in Australia, Great Place to Work Institute, 2009
India’s Best Companies to Work For, Great Place to Work Institute, 2009
Two Green Thumbs Up Award(#5), Green Energy TV, 2009
Readers' Choice Top 50 Employers(#1), Workforce Diversity Magazine, 2009
Top 100 Graduate Employers, The Sunday Times (UK), 2009
2012
Britain's Top 100 Graduate Employers, The Sunday Times (UK), 2012
2008
100 Best Companies to Work For(#1), Fortune, 2008
100 Best Companies for Minorities, Fortune, 2008
World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune, 2008
100 Fastest Growing Companies, Fortune, 2008
Best Place to Launch a Career, BusinessWeek, 2008
Barron's 500, Barron's, 2008
Best Places To Work in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business, 2008
Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign, 2008
UK's 50 Best Places to Work(#1), Great Place to Work, 2008
Best Companies to Work for in Australia, Great Place to Work Institute, 2008
India’s Best Companies to Work For, Great Place to Work Institute, 2008
50 Best Large Workplaces in Europe(#2), Great Place to Work Institute Europe, 2008
Best Places to Work (Large), Outside, 2008
2012
Top 50 Employers - Readers' Choice(#3), Equal Opportunity Publications, 2012
Best Places to Work for Commuters, National Center for Transit Research at USF, 2012
Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign, 2012
National Top 50 Green Companies, Green Power Partnership, 2012
2009
Ideal Employer award - The Pan European Student Survey(#1), Universum Global Ideal Rankings, 2009
2011
Employees’ Choice - 50 Best Places to Work, Glassdoor, 2011
100 Best Companies to Work For(#4), Fortune, 2011
World’s Most Admired Companies(#2), Fortune, 2011
America's Most Reputable Company(#9), Forbes, 2011
Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign, 2011
2014
Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Award - Top 50 Large Companies, Glassdoor, 2014
2013
100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune, 2013
2012
Employees’ Choice - 50 Best Places to Work, Glassdoor, 2012
2013
Employees' Choice -50 Best Places to work(#6), Glassdoor, 2013
2015
Fortune 500, Fortune, 2015

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Experience 7,758 Ratings

Getting an Interview 8,422 Interview Reviews

Difficulty 7,758 Ratings

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