Company details

Mountain View, CA

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.google.com/

About the company

Google is a technology company that builds consumer and enterprise products used worldwide, including Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, and Gmail. Google also operates Google Cloud, offering infrastructure and platform services for businesses and public sector organisations. The company earns a large share of revenue from advertising products tied to Search and YouTube, alongside growing cloud and subscription businesses. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet.

Locations and presence

Google has major office hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, alongside a wide global office footprint. Google roles are commonly tied to specific office locations, with public reporting in 2025 describing tighter rules for remote arrangements and a stronger push toward hybrid attendance for employees who live near an office.

Palpable Score

84.2

/ 100

Google offers multiple well-known entry paths for students and graduates, and Google publishes unusually detailed hiring and interviewer-calibration practices that are designed to reduce bias. The main constraint on the score is early-career stability: public reporting about restructures, buyouts, and stricter location rules makes outcomes less predictable than the brand reputation alone would suggest.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

18.7

/ 20

The company runs a dedicated “Build your future” hub that routes students and graduates into internships, early-career roles, and apprenticeships rather than expecting speculative applications.

Google lists multiple structured student pathways beyond standard internships, including Student Researcher roles that place students onto research projects across teams such as Google Research, Google Cloud, and Google DeepMind.

The company advertises additional early-career feeders such as technical internships and an Engineering Residency-style programme that combines education with hands-on software engineering experience in a mentored cohort.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.5

/ 20

The company publishes a structured interviewing playbook that uses consistent questions, standardised rubrics, and interviewer training and calibration, explicitly warning against “gut feel” approaches.

Google describes a “hire by committee” model where a hiring manager cannot unilaterally approve a candidate, and committees review the full packet of interview feedback and recruiter notes to reduce single-interviewer bias.

The company includes compensation range language directly in at least some early-career postings and points candidates to an official benefits overview, but role-by-role timelines and what feedback candidates receive are not consistently stated in postings.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.7

/ 20

The company’s published interviewer-training guidance includes shadowing and “reverse shadowing,” with written feedback norms and “feedback on feedback” loops tied to hiring committee quality control.

Google describes an internal peer-learning network (“g2g”) where a large share of tracked training is taught by employees, including mentoring and skills courses, and the guidance references new-hire orientation content featuring peer facilitators.

The company supports early-career learning through programmes explicitly designed as “supported and closely mentored cohorts,” including the Engineering Residency pathway and research placements that match students to projects.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

17.5

/ 20

The company publishes US base salary ranges on some early-career roles and states that bonus, equity, and benefits sit on top of base pay, with location affecting the final offer inside the posted band.

Google receives consistently high public employee ratings for compensation and benefits, suggesting pay is not only high but also broadly trusted by employees as fair within the company’s system.

The company’s pay transparency is uneven globally and many postings outside the US do not show ranges, which limits how confidently candidates can compare offers before entering interviews.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

14.8

/ 20

The company’s “hire by committee” guidance explicitly frames selection around long-term growth at Google and future role mobility, which is a positive signal for progression-focused outcomes.

Google receives very high employee recommendation rates on large-volume review platforms, which is a useful proxy for overall satisfaction and perceived career value once hired.

The company has had widely reported restructures and voluntary exit programmes alongside tighter hybrid expectations, and those shifts add uncertainty for early-career entrants trying to plan around team stability and location flexibility.

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Useful links & resources

Build your future with Google (Students and early-career hub)Google Careers Internships Google Careers Apprenticeships