Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
Applied in early November. Heard back in early December for a coding challenge, and had two technical interviews in January. I was in host matching from January to the end of February, when I received a match. My recruiter was great and always kept me updated, although the process was not very transparent.
The technical interview was tougher than most companies, but not impossible with a few weeks of prep.
Questions
LeetCode Medium LeetCode Hard
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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
- 4.0Good company and good personSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 10, 2019Pros: Good work-life balance and food.Cons: Hard to make an impact and slow.
- 5.0Good impact and learningSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 18, 2015Pros: If you want impact, Google is a good place to start because of the large number of users there. Even if your change just affects less than 1% of queries, that's easily hundreds of millions of users a month. Infrastructure is also great; you get less distracted and get to focus on quality tuning.Cons: Systems are quite mature, so if you don't have your own ideas, you may have a hard time finding the right change with potential impact.
- 5.0Great Perks, But DecliningSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 17, 2024Pros: There are a lot of perks.Cons: Perks have been decreasing over time.
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