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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

August 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process was similar to others.

I was able to skip the phone interview and went directly on-site.

They had an event planned for all the interviewees that day, so the overall interview experience was good. The recruiters I worked with were great and helpful; they were able to assist me with everything I asked.

There were four technical interview sessions. Three of them were fair, but one was very unexpected and caught me off-guard. I was told that half of my interview would be about front-end development, as that was the role the recruiter said they were trying to fill. However, none of the sessions focused on front-end, and one even asked very low-level questions.

Questions

One of them asked me about the classes I took in college, since I think he went to the same university.

He then went one by one and asked me questions about the classes.

I was able to say he asked about CPU cycles and a bunch of other low-level stuff.

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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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