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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

June 1, 2008
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had two rounds of phone interviews.

In the first round, the interviewer asked me about my current experience, motivation to work at Google, etc. I believe this was mostly to get an understanding of who should be interviewing me.

In the second round, the interview was mostly technical. I was asked some coding questions, questions about memory management, and data structures.

Questions

I was asked a question about the following:

If a user types in an n-digit number on the telephone, how do you write a function to deduce if the number constitutes a valid word?

For example, if the user enters 123, can a valid word be made out of (a/b/c) + (d/e/f) + (g/h/i)?

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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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