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My experience was that while you might get to talk to your manager before accepting, you don't get to interview with the team you will be working on.

That hugely slants the purpose of the interview toward Google, as the candidate really has no idea who they will be working with, or how they think. The interview should go both ways and provide information to both sides on if it's a good fit, but at Google, they go only one way.

This might be a small point for most, but for minority candidates, knowing who you will be working with and having confidence they won't actively cause you grief is a big sticking point. At least it was for me (I turned them down).




> you don't get to interview with the team you will be working on.

That's why I mentioned that I've been asked to do lunch or a phone call with prospective hires. I'm not a manager, just a grunt, and these candidates wanted to speak with people from the team.




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