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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

August 1, 2015
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Process

3 phone interviews and 3 onsite interviews.

All technical.

Each interview asks 2 problems in 45 minutes.

No behavioral questions at all.

Limited hints are given when candidates are stuck.

Difficulty is close to LeetCode Medium.

Questions

Sort balls of 3 colors in linear time.

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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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