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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Cambridge, Massachusetts

February 1, 2019
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Process

In January 2018, I completed an online coding challenge (Google Foobar).

In January 2019, I received an email from a recruiter asking if I was interested in an in-person interview.

I attended an in-person interview in Cambridge in February 2019. The interview included:

  • Four technical coding questions
  • A discussion of my thesis (as I am a PhD student)

I completed my coding exercises in Python.

About one week after the interview, I received confirmation that the hiring committee had approved my application. Two and a half weeks later, I received confirmation of an offer in Mountain View, working on Corporate Engineering.

Questions

Standard memoization questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 28 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

21%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive61%
Neutral21%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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