Google

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

February 1, 2020

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

From Referral:

Behavior/Googliness Assessment
Coding Challenge (2 medium-level problems)
Virtual Interviews (1 Personality, 4 technical problem-solving)

Overall, this was exactly what I expected, and I could have done a better job preparing. A lot of the interviews depend on the person conducting them.

Questions

String manipulation, Bingo board, etc.

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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.

Google Work Experiences

Google is probably the best big company to work for

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: The food, the people, the development infrastructure, the energetic atmosphere, and the large-scale problems that do not exist anywhere else.

Cons: Google is starting to feel like a big company. The number of times org charts appear in meetings is constantly increasing. There is a growing necessity to deal with politics in order to promote projects and get recognition. It is getting harder to innovate in the core parts of the business.

Google is probably the best big company to work for

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: The food, the people, the development infrastructure, the energetic atmosphere, and the large-scale problems that do not exist anywhere else.

Cons: Google is starting to feel like a big company. The number of times org charts appear in meetings is constantly increasing. There is a growing necessity to deal with politics in order to promote projects and get recognition. It is getting harder to innovate in the core parts of the business.

Great Wlb, Tough Promotion

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Excellent WLB with nice culture. Deep technical skills.

Cons: Hard to be promoted. Too many competitors.

Great Wlb, Tough Promotion

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Excellent WLB with nice culture. Deep technical skills.

Cons: Hard to be promoted. Too many competitors.

Great Balance, Poor Manager Fit

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

October 22, 2018

Pros: Good food, workers, workplace, and work-life balance.

Cons: Bad cultural experience in terms of managerial fit.

Great Balance, Poor Manager Fit

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

October 22, 2018

Pros: Good food, workers, workplace, and work-life balance.

Cons: Bad cultural experience in terms of managerial fit.

Google is probably the best big company to work for

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: The food, the people, the development infrastructure, the energetic atmosphere, and the large-scale problems that do not exist anywhere else.

Cons: Google is starting to feel like a big company. The number of times org charts appear in meetings is constantly increasing. There is a growing necessity to deal with politics in order to promote projects and get recognition. It is getting harder to innovate in the core parts of the business.

4.0
Google is probably the best big company to work for
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 11, 2008
Pros: The food, the people, the development infrastructure, the energetic atmosphere, and the large-scale problems that do not exist anywhere else.
Cons: Google is starting to feel like a big company. The number of times org charts appear in meetings is constantly increasing. There is a growing necessity to deal with politics in order to promote projects and get recognition. It is getting harder to innovate in the core parts of the business.

Great Wlb, Tough Promotion

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Excellent WLB with nice culture. Deep technical skills.

Cons: Hard to be promoted. Too many competitors.

5.0
Great Wlb, Tough Promotion
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 2, 2021
Pros: Excellent WLB with nice culture. Deep technical skills.
Cons: Hard to be promoted. Too many competitors.

Great Balance, Poor Manager Fit

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

October 22, 2018

Pros: Good food, workers, workplace, and work-life balance.

Cons: Bad cultural experience in terms of managerial fit.

4.0
Great Balance, Poor Manager Fit
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
October 22, 2018
Pros: Good food, workers, workplace, and work-life balance.
Cons: Bad cultural experience in terms of managerial fit.

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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