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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

July 25, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 8 weeks.

The process consisted of a questionnaire form about my expertise, an online interview with 2 rounds (DSA & behavioral), and an onsite interview with 3 rounds (2 DSA, 1 system design). The interviewers are random, which I feel creates a wide variance in the experience. For example, the online DSA wasn't a leetcode problem at all, but a rather easy practical coding question which I aced. The onsite DSAs were variations of leetcode problems, and it's safe to say I didn't study enough. I also signed up for a mock interview for system design, but the mock interviewer gave a problem that was nothing like the actual interview, and I walked away from it feeling duped. Therefore, I wouldn't really recommend doing the mock interview since I can hardly imagine the incentive an internal employee has to hold one.

Questions

Prefix sum question with some variations.

A variation of subsequences involving tries.

Design a subscription billing service for an AI service.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 40 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%
Neutral25%
Negative25%

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

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