Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
The Google interview process is made up of primarily three steps:
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Online Coding Session: You have 1 hour and 30 minutes to solve two different coding problems in the language of your choice.
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Phone Interview: You have 45 minutes to solve a coding problem using Google Docs with an interviewer.
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On-site Interview: You will have 4 different interviews with different people. These are similar to the phone interview but usually involve writing code on a whiteboard.
Questions
The most interesting question involved using path planning. However, there was also a fair amount of emphasis on graph searching.
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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
- 5.0Rewarding Impact, Slow BureaucracySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 24, 2018Pros: High-impact projects with billions of users make the work feel more rewarding. A nice workplace culture, competitive pay, and benefits.Cons: Large org bureaucracy issues sometimes make cross-department collaboration slow. Strict code reviews could sometimes slow down your work. There are different sets of tools to learn.
- 5.0Good company, but slowly decliningSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesNovember 16, 2023Pros: The company is still one of the best.Cons: Leadership is pretty clueless in general.
- 5.0Plenty of talented people and great work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJuly 8, 2021Pros: Lots of autonomy with the projects you take on. There are always people willing to help you out; cross-collaboration has been great on the team I work in.Cons: There's a little bit of "politics" and ambiguity with the promo process unless you actively work towards it with your manager on a re-occurring basis. If getting promoted quickly is your goal in a company, you may want to have other options at hand.
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