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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

April 17, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

2 syncs with recruiter

1 month wait for code screen

1 code screen

Given option of waiting up to 3 months for next step to study

4 remote interviews: 3 coding, 1 system design.

Questions

Given a grid of 1s, -1s, and 0s, find the shortest path to connect all the 1s. -1 is impassable.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 748 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.

Success Rate

20%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive64%
Neutral23%
Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.

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