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Java Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

May 1, 2009
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Process

I applied online.

After about 4 weeks, I received a call back from an internal recruiter.

An initial step was to fill out a form that served as a self-evaluation of skill sets, rating my top-level language proficiency.

Another 2 weeks passed, followed by another phone call to invite me to an on-site interview, scheduled for a 4-hour afternoon.

While on-site, I had three blocks of interviews, each lasting 45 minutes. The questions were related to algorithms, sorting, Big O notation, and dealing with large datasets. Little was asked about previous experience or real-life problems.

Questions

Given two files that each have a list of words (one per line), write a program to show their intersection.

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Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Java Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Google's Java Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.

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