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Hardware Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

February 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The interview process was very weird. There were eight 45-minute 1:1 interviews. The interviewers spent half the time taking notes rather than talking to the candidate. One of the interviewers from the Google Home team was European and had English that was really hard to understand. He was asking loaded/behavioral questions, unlike an American engineering manager who was asking interesting textbook/practical problems.

Google Hardware engineers don't seem as good as those at Apple, Amazon, or Qualcomm, except for a few who previously worked at those companies. The interview process also moves painfully slowly. I'm joining Apple instead.

Questions

Regular EE design problems. Some behavioral questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Google Hardware Engineer role in Mountain View, California.

Success Rate

55%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Hardware Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive64%
Neutral18%
Negative18%

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

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