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Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, England

October 1, 2015
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

One day, I received an email from Google with the subject line "Hey from Google." The recruiter asked about my availability and to call me to discuss opportunities and the interview process. Then, they sent me an email with all the necessary information about the interview process. I scheduled a phone interview with a Google Engineer. The phone interview consisted of two coding problems. One was very small but slightly hard, while the longer coding problem was easy. There were a couple of questions about data structures, and I was asked to discuss one of the projects I had worked on.

Then, I waited for over two weeks to receive feedback, which was a rejection. The reason given was that I was too slow in programming my solutions, though I finished the two programming questions within the interview time. I was told the interviewer was not satisfied with my coding speed.

Questions

Tell me about a project.

Data structure

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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.

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