Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois
Process
The interview started with a non-technical phone interview with a recruiter -- easy, standard stuff. A week later was a technical phone screen. We had a shared Google Doc and I had to implement a HashMap. Up until now, things were ok.
I had some issues with how the in-person reviews were run. Most of the questions were reasonable, but the interviewers clearly lacked any sort of experience in running an interview.
Questions
Write an algorithm for integer multiplication.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google Senior Software Engineer role in Chicago, Illinois.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Chicago, Illinois is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Chicago, Illinois.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0High Pay, Poor Work-life BalanceSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesSeptember 21, 2025Pros: Great pay, and basically set for your career.Cons: Horrible WLB. I heard it got worse and only continues to get worse.
- 4.0Interesting work and coworkers, but big company bureaucracy and politicsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesOctober 20, 2024Pros: - Most of my work is interesting to me (even if not my dream job). - Smart, skilled, and generally friendly coworkers. - Good work/life balance in my niche.Cons: - Lots of re-orgs lately lead to projects getting green light, red light, green light, red light. - Fear that any day our team may be shut down and we are all laid off. This makes it hard to stay motivated. - Everything AI gets funded and everything else must cut back.
- 5.0Awesome Work, Not Much Going OnSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesOctober 10, 2024Pros: Good, very good, awesome, nice.Cons: Not much going on here, good.
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