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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

October 1, 2016
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Process

A recruiter referred me, actually without telling me (duh), but I was happy to get the invite.

I was interviewed in the Dublin (European HQ) in mid-October 2016.

There was an initial phone screen/interview, but I think that was just to check that you could actually speak reasonable English and weren't bluffing about IT knowledge.

The actual interview day was broken into three parts.

Questions

Standard IT questions:

  • Big O notation questions on searches
  • Favorite data type
  • SQL inefficiencies and how to get around them (e.g., outer joins, indexing)

This was followed by personality questions:

  • Times you had to make a difficult decision and how you made it.

The last interviewer appeared to be in a hurry; the interview was short compared to others. There was no feedback from the interviews, so it's hard to know how they judged me. It took about another week to hear back.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Dublin, Ireland.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive70%
Neutral30%
Negative0%

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

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