"orbaTHut says that Google is mostly C++, Java, and Python (or so he’s been told).
“We’ve got extensive automated unit tests, all of which (obviously) must pass.”
On the question of “Is google concerned about a lot of the fraud that goes on with Adsense?”, he answers:
“Like you wouldn’t believe. .... The problem with [click-fraud] is just that it’s a very, very hard issue to fix.“
On getting hired by Google:
“The Google application process is annoyingly slow and can easily take months sometimes. Anyone who’s really interested in working there would be much better off finding an employee to refer them”
Zorba adds that you’ll get interviewed not based on your diploma, but your skills.
“Nobody keeps track of 20% time with any care whatsoever. It’s assumed that, if a deadline is pressing on your main project, you’ll work on that. If your main project constantly has looming deadlines, it’s time to talk to your manager or your tech lead and tell them that they’re pushing too hard.” Zorba adds that management understands that a programmer can’t be pushed over limits for more than a week at a time."
James in the forum points to a very in-depth Something Awful discussion board interview with what seems to be the guy who took over the Google Calculator project as his current 20% project (I can’t confirm that he’s indeed a Google employee, though his answers look credible). His nickame is “ZorbaTHut” and he’s been programming for 17 years.
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