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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Boulder, Colorado

January 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was brought onsite for a series of 5 technical whiteboard reviews. The interview questions were exactly the kind of data structures and algorithms problems I expected.

I asked to split my interview session across two days, but I was declined after the first day (only two whiteboard sessions). This was very frustrating, as I felt I was dismissed due to one interviewer not liking the way I approached a problem. I thought avoiding that kind of singular negative experience washing out a candidate was the point of conducting five interviews.

Questions

NDA.

Whiteboard coding problems:

  • One relating to graph traversal.
  • Another to array sums.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 18 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Boulder, Colorado.

Success Rate

22%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Boulder, Colorado is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive44%
Neutral17%
Negative39%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Boulder, Colorado.

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