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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Irvine, California

August 1, 2009
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter called and asked some basic questions, for example:

  • What is the time to search in a balanced binary tree?

Then, the first phone interview. I was asked to implement equals and hashCode for a class.

In the second phone interview, I was asked to search for an integer in an array that is circularly sorted.

Questions

Given an array of integers which is circularly sorted, how do you find a given integer?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 18 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Irvine, California.

Success Rate

6%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive72%
Neutral11%
Negative17%

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

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