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Software Engineer- Early Career Interview Experience - India

August 18, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by the recruiter as my application was successful for the Software Engineer-Early Career role.

I was asked to fill a questionnaire, which contained many questions. One of them was location preference, with options for multiple US and Canadian locations (I guess, only one Canadian location).

Questions

Phone Interview:

The question was very open-ended and related to Matrix (basically, a form of graph) traversal. I had to figure out the exact requirements first and then come up with the solution within the time constraints.

P.S. I couldn't make it through the phone interview.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google Software Engineer- Early Career role in India.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral100%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's Software Engineer- Early Career interview process in India.

Google Work Experiences

Good Pay, Stagnant Tech

Software Developer • Current Employee

New Delhi, India

Pros: Likes I liked the interaction with my team members, project manager, and DM. Also, salary and appraisals were always nice. I worked on many challenging tasks until last year and was appreciated equally. Dislikes 1. Technical stack growth: Not getting a chance to work on current, in-demand projects. 2. Repetitive legacy work in my case. Note: #2 is not for everyone.

Cons: Likes Benefits are good, but compensation disparity is there. Covid leaves are there, Sodexo included, cabs included. If your reporting manager is understandable, then you'll work pressure-free, but if not, then vice versa. Dislikes Politics while IJPs and compensation disparity.

Good Pay, Stagnant Tech

Software Developer • Current Employee

New Delhi, India

Pros: Likes I liked the interaction with my team members, project manager, and DM. Also, salary and appraisals were always nice. I worked on many challenging tasks until last year and was appreciated equally. Dislikes 1. Technical stack growth: Not getting a chance to work on current, in-demand projects. 2. Repetitive legacy work in my case. Note: #2 is not for everyone.

Cons: Likes Benefits are good, but compensation disparity is there. Covid leaves are there, Sodexo included, cabs included. If your reporting manager is understandable, then you'll work pressure-free, but if not, then vice versa. Dislikes Politics while IJPs and compensation disparity.

Positive Work, Occasional Stress

Sde • Current Employee

Gugra Khurd, India

Pros: Good company to work at.

Cons: Sometimes work is too hectic.

Positive Work, Occasional Stress

Sde • Current Employee

Gugra Khurd, India

Pros: Good company to work at.

Cons: Sometimes work is too hectic.

Was very good

Software Engineer • Current Employee

February 6, 2024

Pros: I think they have a very open search.

Cons: Predominantly, pay was the main issue for me.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

February 6, 2024

Pros: I think they have a very open search.

Cons: Predominantly, pay was the main issue for me.

Good Pay, Stagnant Tech

Software Developer • Current Employee

New Delhi, India

Pros: Likes I liked the interaction with my team members, project manager, and DM. Also, salary and appraisals were always nice. I worked on many challenging tasks until last year and was appreciated equally. Dislikes 1. Technical stack growth: Not getting a chance to work on current, in-demand projects. 2. Repetitive legacy work in my case. Note: #2 is not for everyone.

Cons: Likes Benefits are good, but compensation disparity is there. Covid leaves are there, Sodexo included, cabs included. If your reporting manager is understandable, then you'll work pressure-free, but if not, then vice versa. Dislikes Politics while IJPs and compensation disparity.

1.0
Good Pay, Stagnant Tech
Software Developer • Current Employee
New Delhi, India
June 15, 2022
Pros: Likes I liked the interaction with my team members, project manager, and DM. Also, salary and appraisals were always nice. I worked on many challenging tasks until last year and was appreciated equally. Dislikes 1. Technical stack growth: Not getting a chance to work on current, in-demand projects. 2. Repetitive legacy work in my case. Note: #2 is not for everyone.
Cons: Likes Benefits are good, but compensation disparity is there. Covid leaves are there, Sodexo included, cabs included. If your reporting manager is understandable, then you'll work pressure-free, but if not, then vice versa. Dislikes Politics while IJPs and compensation disparity.

Positive Work, Occasional Stress

Sde • Current Employee

Gugra Khurd, India

Pros: Good company to work at.

Cons: Sometimes work is too hectic.

5.0
Positive Work, Occasional Stress
Sde • Current Employee
Gugra Khurd, India
May 10, 2025
Pros: Good company to work at.
Cons: Sometimes work is too hectic.

Was very good

Software Engineer • Current Employee

February 6, 2024

Pros: I think they have a very open search.

Cons: Predominantly, pay was the main issue for me.

5.0
Was very good
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Dubāri, India
February 6, 2024
Pros: I think they have a very open search.
Cons: Predominantly, pay was the main issue for me.

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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