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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

August 1, 2010
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It was my dream to interview with Google. I had applied earlier but received a call now.

The recruiter called me and asked if I was interested in a job opening at Google. He set up a phone interview, which lasted for 45 minutes. He asked me a question and requested that I code into a shared Google Doc. That went fine.

The next day, I received a call for an on-site interview. There were five on-site 1:1 interviews, including one lunch interview. The interviewers were really smart people, and I enjoyed talking with them. All of them were from engineering.

Questions

I really don't want to confuse you with the hard questions. The questions were okay if you know the basis and program on a day-to-day basis. Then it's fine.

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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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