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Entry Level Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

November 4, 2024
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online in early August and received an email to complete an online assessment at the end of September. It consisted of two medium LeetCode-style questions to be completed in 90 minutes.

A week later, I received an email from the recruiter about a "Group Interview," which was actually just an information session on what to expect moving forward. This session included a slideshow and a Q&A at the end. No one, including the recruiter, had their camera on.

Following this, I was asked to send my dates of availability. Four days later, I received confirmation of the interview date. Ten days after that, I had my virtual onsite, which comprised four 45-minute interview rounds with 45-minute breaks in between.

There were three technical interviews and one behavioral interview.

In the technical rounds, each interview focused on one question. If I finished early enough, the interviewer would add more constraints to the problem and ask me to rework my solution. The problems I encountered were:

  • A weighted graph problem.
  • A dynamic programming problem.
  • An arrays/hash table problem that evolved into a graph problem with follow-up changes introduced by the interviewer.

The interviewers asked for the runtime complexity, but I was not asked about memory complexity.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 23 interview experiences for the Google Entry Level Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Entry Level Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive70%
Neutral26%
Negative4%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Entry Level Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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