Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
First, an HR person called and asked me preliminary questions, and then set up a phone interview with an engineer.
It was well-planned, and the call started on time. However, my phone interview with the engineer did not go too well, and they told me that they did not want to consider me for the position.
Questions
How would you implement a stack to achieve constant time for "push", "pop", and "find minimum" operations?
Given an array of integers where each element points to the index of the next element, how would you detect if there is a cycle in this array?
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Great Recruiting ProcessSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 25, 2015Pros: 1. Good procedure 2. Everyone is nice 3. The interviewers are really friendly 4. Flight is very flexibleCons: 1. Not too high salary. 2. Technical interview is very difficult. 3. No LeetCode problems. 4. New problems never seen before.
- 5.0Software Engineer at GoogleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 10, 2024Pros: Good benefits, great culture, great WLB.Cons: Can't WFH, hard to get promoted.
- 5.0Great Culture, Big CompanySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 25, 2012Pros: Good culture. Innovative. Good benefits.Cons: Big company. Lots of people.
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