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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

October 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a quick phone screen, where I wrote pseudo-code in a Google Document. This was followed by a day of in-person interviews.

The phone screen was easy, focusing on object-oriented programming questions. I didn't even finish the exercise, but I was invited to continue.

The in-person interviews were much harder; one question, in particular, I couldn't even begin to solve.

I did not receive an offer, nor did I learn how each interviewer voted on my candidacy. This was frustrating, especially since there were about four or five individual interviewers.

Questions

Design a Connect 4 game.

Write Fibonacci's algorithm without recursion (using dynamic programming).

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Google Software Development Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

14%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive43%
Neutral43%
Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Development Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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