Process
An employee gave me a referral. A recruiter contacted me, and I had a phone interview two weeks later.
It went okay. I heard back in two weeks that I could schedule an onsite interview.
After the onsite interview, it took them nearly four weeks to tell me I was not getting an offer.
Questions
Had 4 interviews with technical questions on-site, and one question for the phone screen with a follow-up.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 173 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Canada.
Success Rate
6%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive61%
Neutral26%
Negative13%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Canada.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
Good Food, Chill Folks, Slow Growth
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 14, 2024
Pros: Food, pay, chill work-life balance, cool people.
Cons: Slow growth, broken incentives, dinosaurs.
4.0
Free Lunch, Annoying Checkin
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Zürich, Switzerland
November 20, 2022
Pros: Free lunch is very cool.
Cons: Support Check-in is not very cool.
5.0
Good place to be an engineer
Software Engineer • Former Employee
October 24, 2021
Pros: Great tooling, competent colleagues, and a good work-life balance.
Cons: Google has so much spare cash that there can be entire teams essentially doing nothing of value, which is not the most gratifying if you're on one of those teams.
- 4.0Good Food, Chill Folks, Slow GrowthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 14, 2024Pros: Food, pay, chill work-life balance, cool people.Cons: Slow growth, broken incentives, dinosaurs.
- 4.0Free Lunch, Annoying CheckinSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeZürich, SwitzerlandNovember 20, 2022Pros: Free lunch is very cool.Cons: Support Check-in is not very cool.
- 5.0Good place to be an engineerSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeOctober 24, 2021Pros: Great tooling, competent colleagues, and a good work-life balance.Cons: Google has so much spare cash that there can be entire teams essentially doing nothing of value, which is not the most gratifying if you're on one of those teams.
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