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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

December 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first round is a coding sample. They ask two questions, with one hour to complete them.

The questions were of moderate difficulty; however, there was simply not enough time to answer them if you take longer to process.

You can choose the language you would like to code in. You also have the opportunity to try sample questions beforehand.

Questions

Write code to check if a string is a palindrome or not.

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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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