Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
February 27, 2015
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
It was a long process. Here is the timeline:
- Day 0: Submitted resume through an employee.
- Day 20: Heard back and scheduled a phone interview.
- Day 35: Phone interview.
- Day 55: Heard back and tried to schedule an on-site interview.
- Day 85: On-site interview.
- Day 115: Got rejection.
LeetCode helped me a lot with preparation. The on-site interview had five interviewers. Four of them were nice and kind, but one was not. He didn't say a good thing about any solution, whether it was best or part of the best. After learning about my thesis, he said the problem was easy.
Questions
Find the sum of numbers in the given range on the given binary search tree.
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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
4.0
Good Balance, Slow Pace
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
August 15, 2022
Pros: Great work-life balance and very smart coworkers.
Cons: Moves a little bit slow; lots of tech debt in legacy systems.
5.0
We're doing what we can, and it's pretty good!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
July 15, 2016
Pros: I'm surrounded by smart and friendly people and found a project with high code quality to work on without any trouble.
Googlers want to do the right thing. It's cool.
There's a lot of vegan food on the main campus, and it makes being vegan insanely easy. Since the gym is free, I've been going to the gym too, instead of just running with one of the running clubs. Perks are real :)
Cons: Like at any large company, development feels slow. We have a somewhat unique problem: a huge amount of code that doesn't scale well with existing tools. So, we make tools ourselves, but sometimes they're lacking in features that I was used to before working at Google. You have to be smart about making a fast, iterative feedback cycle for yourself if you know you'll need to tweak your code many times before you get it right.
5.0
Good company with a clear vision
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
October 4, 2020
Pros: - Good company
- Solid peers
- Thoughtful managers
Cons: Moving more slowly than competitors.
- 4.0Good Balance, Slow PaceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 15, 2022Pros: Great work-life balance and very smart coworkers.Cons: Moves a little bit slow; lots of tech debt in legacy systems.
- 5.0We're doing what we can, and it's pretty good!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJuly 15, 2016Pros: I'm surrounded by smart and friendly people and found a project with high code quality to work on without any trouble. Googlers want to do the right thing. It's cool. There's a lot of vegan food on the main campus, and it makes being vegan insanely easy. Since the gym is free, I've been going to the gym too, instead of just running with one of the running clubs. Perks are real :)Cons: Like at any large company, development feels slow. We have a somewhat unique problem: a huge amount of code that doesn't scale well with existing tools. So, we make tools ourselves, but sometimes they're lacking in features that I was used to before working at Google. You have to be smart about making a fast, iterative feedback cycle for yourself if you know you'll need to tweak your code many times before you get it right.
- 5.0Good company with a clear visionSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesOctober 4, 2020Pros: - Good company - Solid peers - Thoughtful managersCons: Moving more slowly than competitors.
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