Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
February 1, 2011
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Asked questions about debugging memory corruption,
- DNS server
- The life of a packet through the TCP/IP stack.
Asked questions regarding:
- Traveling salesman problem
- Hash tables
- Search trees
- Linux kernel
- User space and kernel space
- Android
- Chrome OS
- Search and ads
Also asked about:
- Arrays
- Linked lists
- Stacks
- Queues
- Strings
- Heaps
- Crashes
- Debugging logs
- Kernels
- Programming languages
Questions
How to calculate the Traveling Salesperson 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 company for engineers
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
February 27, 2014
Pros: Very smart co-workers, interesting projects, cutting-edge technology, great benefits and perks.
Cons: Career growth/promotions are hard. Workaholic colleagues make work-life balance difficult.
4.0
Good Pay, Lots Of Red Tape
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
April 25, 2024
Pros: - Good pay
- Interesting problems
Cons: - A good amount of red tape
4.0
Stable Norms, Fragmented Teams
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
March 8, 2025
Pros: Large company, well-established norms.
Cons: Working on different teams can be like working for different companies.
- 5.0Great company for engineersSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 27, 2014Pros: Very smart co-workers, interesting projects, cutting-edge technology, great benefits and perks.Cons: Career growth/promotions are hard. Workaholic colleagues make work-life balance difficult.
- 4.0Good Pay, Lots Of Red TapeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesApril 25, 2024Pros: - Good pay - Interesting problemsCons: - A good amount of red tape
- 4.0Stable Norms, Fragmented TeamsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMarch 8, 2025Pros: Large company, well-established norms.Cons: Working on different teams can be like working for different companies.
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