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Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 31, 2026
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A short coding assessment that once you pass, you get invited to an interview.

My coding interview sucked, and the interviewer was distracted the whole time and was playing with her pet cat, which was very unresponsive and unprofessional.

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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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