No no one is writing basic CRUD apps at Google. At that scale there are optimizations needed at every level. I know people who work on the cutsom kernel for the servers to front end people for apps.
If you truly believe that "no one is writing basic CRUD apps at Google", then their marketing has been incredibly effective and explains why their interview process remains the way it is
This is like claiming nobody at Amazon or Facebook works on CRUD apps, lol.
If influencing democratic elections is your idea of interesting, sure.