Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, England
May 13, 2025
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Initial phone interview.
There were three parts:
- The first part was hard.
- The second part was about the system.
- The third part was with VL.
Overall, it was an average and good experience.
I recommend it for experienced individuals; it is good, good, very good.
Questions
Implement dead letter Kafka, which runs known patterns.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 80 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in London, England.
Success Rate
13%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, England is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive57%
Neutral34%
Negative9%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in London, England.
Google Work Experiences
5.0
Life Good, Outlook Positive
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
February 26, 2021
Pros: Life is good here in Google.
Cons: Not bad, but not good either.
5.0
Great company to get you spoiled on perks, but the culture is getting very corporate
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 4, 2013
Pros: High salary. Many perks. Great breakfast and lunch. Working with some very smart people. Learning all the Google technology. Free phone or tablet once a year. If you worked on a cool product and post on social media, you would probably have many followers. Company encourages employees to move around within the company. Free shuttle service to work.
Cons: Working with some very smart people can also turn into a bad thing, because some smart people are real assholes sometimes.
The company is getting big and corporate.
The 20% project is available only when 100% is done.
Performance reviews are still a mystery to me. I had gotten bad ratings for working my butt off and good ratings for not doing much.
4.0
Fun != money
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Taipei, Taiwan
October 7, 2022
Pros: Work-life balance > salary
Cons: Can't equate fun with money.
- 5.0Life Good, Outlook PositiveSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeIndore, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaFebruary 26, 2021Pros: Life is good here in Google.Cons: Not bad, but not good either.
- 5.0Great company to get you spoiled on perks, but the culture is getting very corporateSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 4, 2013Pros: High salary. Many perks. Great breakfast and lunch. Working with some very smart people. Learning all the Google technology. Free phone or tablet once a year. If you worked on a cool product and post on social media, you would probably have many followers. Company encourages employees to move around within the company. Free shuttle service to work.Cons: Working with some very smart people can also turn into a bad thing, because some smart people are real assholes sometimes. The company is getting big and corporate. The 20% project is available only when 100% is done. Performance reviews are still a mystery to me. I had gotten bad ratings for working my butt off and good ratings for not doing much.
- 4.0Fun != moneySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeTaipei, TaiwanOctober 7, 2022Pros: Work-life balance > salaryCons: Can't equate fun with money.
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