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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

February 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process took more than 2 months.

First was a phone interview with coding on a shared online Google Doc. It lasted 45 minutes and involved two questions: one on string manipulation and the other on number manipulation.

After two weeks, I had the onsite interview, which consisted of four rounds: three focused on algorithms and one on system design.

The questions were not difficult, except for the system design round. I solved all the questions and received positive feedback, but was still rejected by the Hiring Committee (HC) due to a lack of sufficient industry experience.

Questions

  1. Video/audio sync point search.
  2. String decoding/encoding question.
  3. Sorted array question.

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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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