Software Engineering at Google (2020) [pdf]
Don&#x27;t try to emulate google. Seriously. It&#x27;s how you&#x27;re going to kill your company if you do.<p>Google is not an efficient or fast company. You need to be efficient and fast to deal with the momentum google has.<p>If you interview people from FAANG and you see they are going to want to recreate their company within yours, don&#x27;t hire them. They&#x27;re going to ruin team dynamics. And seriously, make sure these people aren&#x27;t assholes. With some companies in particular you need to really be an asshole to survive. Weeding out assholes is far more important for most smaller companies than technical expertise. Heck for most people you probably don&#x27;t need a separate technical interview.<p>Just, honestly whatever google does do the opposite. From hiring to project management to planning to software development.