The first step was an online coding challenge, followed by a phone interview. The coding challenge presented one simple and one harder question. The phone interview included two easy questions and one moderately difficult question.
After the phone interview, I was flown out to Mountain View for an onsite interview. This consisted of four interviews with developers and lunch. The onsite interviews were, on average, much harder than the coding challenge or phone interview questions. However, all the people I spoke to were nice and willing to help if I got stuck.
The following metrics were computed from 748 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.