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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 1, 2014
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied online and seven months later, received a phone call from a recruiter.

A phone screen appointment was set up for the following week.

At the phone screen, the recruiter first described the position and then arranged a coaching preparation appointment. The recruiter asked questions and then attacked my answers with accusations that I wasn't a team player and was being too excited.

Two weeks later, the hiring manager called and yelled questions at me, which I answered coolly and competently. A week later, the recruiter's feedback was that my answers were all correct but too detailed, as this was not an on-site interview. The recruiter also laughed at how I answered the manager's questions.

This was the most demeaning and insulting interview of my life.

PS: I caught the hiring manager making a technical mistake about databases.

Based on this incident and their buggy Android platform, their engineers are NOT superior to Silicon Valley engineers in general.

It is all theater for the stockholders.

Questions

How many ants can you count living inside an anthill?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 168 interview experiences for the Google Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

10%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States 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 United States.

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