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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

December 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I submitted the application online in September and was contacted by the recruiter in early October. I had two initial phone interviews, and although I felt I didn't do very well, the recruiter contacted me again for an on-site interview.

Because of school and exams, the on-site interview was delayed until December. It consisted of four interviews at Mountain View, CA, and one lunch.

Two weeks later, the recruiter contacted me again for another two phone interviews. I was replied the next day that the hiring committee was happy and moved forward with an offer.

The process was pretty quick on Google's side.

Questions

A series of programming questions. They were not very hard, but they took a while to figure out.

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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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