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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

July 1, 2014
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Process

An ex-colleague contacted me to come by for a happy hour.

I was impressed by the quality of the people there and the leadership.

The onsite involved a solid coding question requiring me to fill out the client-side business logic. The finished code was to be demoed (they had a server-side running already) and reviewed with a team member.

There were also a couple of algorithm questions.

Much of the interview also explored cultural fit, especially my interest in and thoughts on education in general. I'm guessing this was because I was interviewing for a lead (but not business development/executive) position.

Questions

I would not characterize the questions as difficult, so much as interesting and open-ended.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the Coursera Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.

Success Rate

29%
Pass Rate

Coursera's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%
Neutral29%
Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Coursera's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.

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