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Resident Engineer Interview Experience - Ann Arbor, Michigan

January 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter emailed me about three weeks ago after I submitted my application. She scheduled me for two technical phone interviews the following Tuesday.

A day before the technical phone calls, one of the interviewers canceled. The next day, the second interviewer ghosted me, and the recruiter emailed to apologize.

Off to a great start.

We rescheduled for Thursday, and they actually called this time. I solved the problem asked in the first interview and managed to solve the second problem.

I will not be continuing the process, and here is why.

Both interviewers did not ask my name, what I am interested in, why I want to work at Google, or even a simple "Hi, how are you?". It was the coldest interview experience I have had, and I've interviewed with multiple awkward FinTech companies! They checked if I could hear them, then copy-pasted a coding problem.

At the end of the interview, I asked both of them, "Why Google?". The first interviewer said it pays well. The second said it is the best company. How can you be that shallow?!

Questions

Given points representing cities, find the maximum number of cities you can travel to if you have to move at least once up and to the right each time.

Given an array representing a digit (e.g., 234 = {2, 3, 4}), write a function to increment the number.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Google Resident Engineer role in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Resident Engineer roles in Ann Arbor, Michigan is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's Resident Engineer interview process in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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