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Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 13, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Candidates are shortlisted through resume evaluation, then assessed across two structured interview rounds focusing on technical expertise, analytical thinking, communication skills, and overall role alignment and the final hiring decision process.

Questions

Given a grid with obstacles, find the number of unique paths from the top-left to the bottom-right where you can remove at most k obstacles.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5,754 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

11%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive62%
Neutral27%
Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process.

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