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Software Developer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

May 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process was very organized.

First, I had a phone screen with an engineer, which was completely technical with a few coding questions. There were no questions related to projects.

Next, I had another phone interview wherein I was asked to design a hub accepting network connections and routing them as per destination given (basic design discussions, data structures, etc.).

The onsite interview consisted of five 45-minute interviews and a 1-hour lunch with an engineer. The five interviews involved whiteboard coding and system limits questions.

Questions

One thing that was unexpected was when I was asked about deriving the complexity of finding the intersection of two arrays using different methods and taking into account disk access/latency, etc.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Google Software Developer role in Mountain View, California.

Success Rate

5%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Mountain View, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive71%
Neutral19%
Negative10%

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

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