Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
After I passed the phone interview, I had 6 on-site interviews in 2 days, each 45 minutes long.
My former co-workers described all the favorite topics.
It is mostly questions on Algorithms and Data Structures.
Coding is an integral part of an interview at Google. Be ready to write code on a whiteboard.
A few questions were rather difficult.
Questions
Given an array of numbers, replace each number with the product of all the numbers in the array except the number itself, without using division.
How to select a random sample of size K from a stream of numbers.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 38 interview experiences for the Google Senior Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Google's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 4.0Good, but can be betterSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 25, 2023Pros: Good culture. Above average employees.Cons: Promotion is difficult in most cases. Sometimes, the wrong people are promoted.
- 5.0Good Benefits, Hard ImpactSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 24, 2024Pros: Autonomy, good benefits (food, subsidized massage).Cons: It's hard to make a real impact.
- 5.0I was very satisfiedSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 16, 2009Pros: (1) Awesome technology. (2) Wonderful coworkers. (3) Very open and encouraging work environment. (4) Last but certainly not least, the great food.Cons: Your career growth might not be as quick as you expect.
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