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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

February 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

One phone screen, then an on-site with five interviews.

Four of the five interviews were standard data structures and algorithms. The last was a discussion of my PhD research.

Questions

Write a UTF-16 parser in C++

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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

8%
Pass 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

Positive50%
Neutral24%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Google's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.

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