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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Kirkland, Washington

August 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

One phone screen interview and five rounds of one-on-one onsite interviews.

All interview questions are related to algorithms and data structures.

Question types include:

  • Strings
  • Graph search (BFS/DFS)
  • Recursion on binary trees
  • Binary search
  • Divide and conquer

Prepare for all these question types and strive for optimal solutions.

Practice whiteboard coding (important!) before your onsite interviews. I suggest doing a few mock interviews beforehand.

All interviewers are really nice and helpful. Ask for hints if you get stuck, but it is important to show your thinking process.

Questions

Dynamic Programming on strings.

Recursion on binary trees

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Kirkland, Washington.

Success Rate

9%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive41%
Neutral41%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Kirkland, Washington.

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