Education: Bachelor in Computer Science at State University
Years of Experience: 0 - New Grad
Prior Experience: Internship at startup for 2 months
Date of the Offer: May 2021
Company: Google - YouTube Department
Title: SWE L3
Location: Bay Area, California
Salary: 15,000
Annual Bonus: 100,000 over 4 years (25% per year - 10,000
Total comp (Salary + Bonus): $200,650
Benefits: Standard Google benefits
I was contacted by a recruiter in May 2020 for a position post-graduation. I was originally scheduled to begin the process in August 2020 but it was pushed back to March 2021 due to the pandemic.
Interview Process: 2.5 months from start to hiring
March 5 - OA - 2 LeetCode Medium Questions
No phone screening
March 30 - Behavioral Interview
March 31 - 6 Technical Interview (~LeetCode High Medium)
April 15 - Interview with Google Product Team Manager
April 30 - Interview with 2 more Google Product Team Manager
May 4 - One of the Product Team Managers was willing to have me join their team
May 17 - Passed the Hiring Committee Review (Reviewed resume, technical Interviews, accepted by team manager)
May 18 - Offer is made
Something that Google has supposedly changed in their interview process is having applicants interview with different product teams before their technical interview are reviewed. I had a good interview with one of the manager and they were willing to hire me on their team. I was told that having a manager that was willing to hire me significantly improved my chances going into the Hiring Committee Review.