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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

December 6, 2014
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Process

This interview was tough. Unlike my Microsoft interviews, I only got through one question per interviewer. The exception was one interview where I got through two.

When they say it's all about your thought process and not the answer, they really mean it. During one interview, we walked through the process of solving the question together, and then for the last five minutes, I programmed the solution.

I actually thought it was over, but a few days later, the recruiter submitted a package to the hiring committee to hire me.

I really enjoyed the interview. If you get the chance to interview, study graph theory.

Questions

The easiest question was to make a thread pool.

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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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