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Resident Engineer Interview Experience

November 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process consisted of two steps:

  1. Two 45-minute phone interviews (back-to-back) with two different engineers, focused on coding algorithm questions in a shared Google Doc.

  2. Two back-to-back 45-minute Google Hangouts interviews with two engineers, again focused on coding algorithm questions in a shared Google Doc.

The first round questions were fairly straightforward algorithmic questions. The second round questions were significantly more difficult.

Questions

They asked about my background for the first ~5 minutes. The focus of the interview was coding an algorithm, then testing your code (~35-40 min). There were a few minutes for my questions at the end.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 27 interview experiences for the Google Resident Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

26%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Resident Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%
Neutral19%
Negative15%

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

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