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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

August 1, 2016
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter and set up a phone technical interview. They gave me a few months to prepare, but being employed, I only studied the day before. Coding on a Google Doc is not easy, especially when my code ran onto the second page. Also, it was hard to focus on a solution and avoid awkward silence. I felt rushed and wouldn't recommend interviewing like this unless you absolutely must work for Google, or are a current student or recent graduate and desperately need a job.

Questions

Find the longest consecutive sequence of nodes in a linked list, defined by a simple node class, without using any other data structures.

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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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