Life at Google

Get to know who we are - from the inside out. From our history and culture, to the people behind our products, get the inside scoop on all things Googley.

Culture and Diversity

We’ve always wanted Google to be a place that brought together smart, talented people from a diversity of backgrounds, and where you could bring your whole self to work. Lots has been written about our great perks, but read on to find out what our culture is really all about.

Google: A great workplace for women

Google: A great workplace for women

At Google, our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible. ...

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Saying "I do" at Google London

Saying "I do" at Google London

San Francisco-based Googler Shaun Aukland gained unexpected, international attention when he asked his boyfriend Michael ...

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Missions that matter

Missions that matter

What happens when you mix together entrepreneurial drive, resources, freedom and the urge to do ...

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Global Impact Awards: Giving back at Google scale

Global Impact Awards: Giving back at Google scale

At Google, we believe in making the world a better place through technology. You could ...

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Mind meld: Googlers teaching Googlers

Mind meld: Googlers teaching Googlers

Collaboration isn’t just about working together to solve problems or overcome challenges. At Google, it’s ...

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Innovation at Google

Our engineers use technology to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. But you don’t have to code to innovate at Google. Learn how Googlers across all our teams think big and find creative ways to work better and smarter in all that we do.

The road to Omega: John Wilkes discusses computer science research and the future of Google infrastructure

The road to Omega: John Wilkes discusses computer science research and the future of Google infrastructure

Operating at a global scale presents some amazing challenges. To find solutions, Google recruits computer ...

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A rare inside look at Google’s top-secret data centers

A rare inside look at Google’s top-secret data centers

With all the talk about cloud computing, it’s easy to forget that the 20 billion ...

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Going green for good

Going green for good

We want people to feel good about using Google products. One way we try to ...

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A network’s first lesson in machine learning

A network’s first lesson in machine learning

Google researchers teamed up with Stanford University computer scientists to build a "deep learning" neural ...

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Speed of dreams

Speed of dreams

Astro Teller (yes, that is his real name) shares how Google bets big on the ...

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Exploring the world's art museums from home

Exploring the world's art museums from home

Googler Amit Sood chats with CBS This Morning about his work on Google Art Project, ...

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Googler's Voice

People are at the core of who we are, and Googlers have taken all kinds of paths in their careers to get here. Learn more about what we do and some of the choices we’ve made along the way.

S.O.S.: When disaster strikes, Raquel and Crisis Response answer the call

S.O.S.: When disaster strikes, Raquel and Crisis Response answer the call

When disaster strikes, Software Engineer Raquel Romano and the Google Crisis Response team spring into ...

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Designing for simplicity: How Noah improved Google Search for iOS

Designing for simplicity: How Noah improved Google Search for iOS

After just three months at Google, Interaction Designer Noah Levin took the lead in changing ...

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Google Instant goes global: Laura delivers our fastest search to the world

Google Instant goes global: Laura delivers our fastest search to the world

Creating and launching a new product can be daunting. Laura Holmes earned her stripes in ...

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The front lines: Yvette and Sean on fighting the war on bugs

The front lines: Yvette and Sean on fighting the war on bugs

People depend on Google Maps every day to get them where they need to go. ...

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Measure by measure: Analytics Advocate Adam Singer talks Google Analytics

Measure by measure: Analytics Advocate Adam Singer talks Google Analytics

Adam Singer is passionate about the power of data. As an Analytics Advocate for Google ...

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Need for speed: How Matt helped Google Fiber upgrade internet service

Need for speed: How Matt helped Google Fiber upgrade internet service

At Google, speed is key. Business analysts and engineers alike create solutions at an incredible ...

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Benefits

When it comes to our benefits and perks, we have everything you'd expect from a large company, like health insurance, retirement benefits and so on. But we also offer way more than the basics. Our benefits are part of who we are, and they're designed to take care of the whole you and keep you healthy, whether physically, emotionally, financially or socially.

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How we hire

Our process is pretty basic; the path to getting hired usually involves a first conversation with a recruiter, a phone interview and an onsite interview at one of our offices. But there are a few things we've baked in along the way that make getting hired at Google a little different.

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