Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
August 1, 2023
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Someone reached out to schedule a phone screen. The first call was to inform me of the process. This was followed by a scheduled call for a phone interview, which consisted of a hard LeetCode question to be coded on a Google Doc.
Questions
A graph problem featuring memoization, DFS, backtracking, tuples, and sets, all within a single problem.
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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.
Google Work Experiences
5.0
Great Tools, Poor Manager Communication
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 3, 2023
Pros: Food, friends, and amazing documentation to learn internal tools.
Cons: Poor communication with the manager ended up being too prejudicial.
3.0
Experience working at Google
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
January 19, 2024
Pros: Food
Amenities
Volunteer opportunities
Fun activities
Org parties
Cons: Sudden change in direction of Production
Unannounced layoffs
Tight deadlines
4.0
Freedom within the company, and lots of things to do and learn
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
February 5, 2008
Pros: I work with a diverse set of people. You can have great people within the company without a lot of micromanagement. You have the freedom to do a job without constantly being checked on.
Cons: Google can be a bit overwhelming with the volume of things that you have to learn. It can also be chaotic because you do have freedom, but so much is always going on at the same time.
- 5.0Great Tools, Poor Manager CommunicationSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 3, 2023Pros: Food, friends, and amazing documentation to learn internal tools.Cons: Poor communication with the manager ended up being too prejudicial.
- 3.0Experience working at GoogleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 19, 2024Pros: Food Amenities Volunteer opportunities Fun activities Org partiesCons: Sudden change in direction of Production Unannounced layoffs Tight deadlines
- 4.0Freedom within the company, and lots of things to do and learnSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 5, 2008Pros: I work with a diverse set of people. You can have great people within the company without a lot of micromanagement. You have the freedom to do a job without constantly being checked on.Cons: Google can be a bit overwhelming with the volume of things that you have to learn. It can also be chaotic because you do have freedom, but so much is always going on at the same time.
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