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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

September 1, 2010
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Interviewed with five senior-level engineers and a director-level manager. Most of them asked senior-level questions, i.e., design questions. One asked junior algorithms.

Be careful about Google policy; if one interviewer says something bad about you, it's hard to get an offer, even if all others want you badly.

Take simple algorithm questions seriously. Explain to the interviewer as if you are tutoring them, otherwise, they may think you are missing some key points.

Questions

Design a system to analyze huge log files.

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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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