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Software Engineer, Early Career, Campus Interview Experience - United States

May 1, 2022
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Process

The process starts with a snapshot and a coding exercise. The coding exercise can be done with more basic data structure and coding knowledge and is really about problem-solving. The snapshot is a typical personality test, often with choices between multiple good things.

Then comes the final interview day, with four technical interviews and one behavioral interview.

The recruiter was very nice and helpful, which is why I gave this a neutral experience, even though there were so many flaws with this process and some interviewers were subpar. (One kept talking at rapid speed, and I spent the entire interview trying to understand the question because they hadn't prepared and couldn't explain it clearly.)

Questions

The behavioral interview was mostly about my experience working in teams and times I've been challenged beyond my limits.

The technical interviews were each focused on a different data structure:

  • strings
  • tree nodes (as an array)
  • bitmap
  • binary tree (led to stacks)

Only the last one asked about a specific algorithm (post-order traversal).

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer, Early Career, Campus role in United States.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer, Early Career, Campus roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive25%
Neutral75%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer, Early Career, Campus interview process in United States.

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