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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

January 1, 2017
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A Google recruiter reached out to me. He gave me a basic overview of the interview process and provided information on how to prepare.

I scheduled the first interview through the recruiter. It took me the whole 45 minutes to complete the technical problem, but I explained my approach to solving it.

After the initial interview, another technical interview was scheduled, where a different and more difficult technical problem was given. I provided an oral overview of how to solve the problem but couldn't code it.

Google hires people who can code. That's my opinion. So, if you are fresh out of college and don't have any experience, they won't hire you.

Questions

How to solve problems using various data structures.

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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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