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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

January 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Total of 5 whiteboard coding interviews with a combination of seasoned and noob interviewers. One misread the code and asked to write the entire control flow with a test case explaining each step and wasting a lot of time just to find that there was a code misread. One interviewer had communication issues; they wanted to ask a problem that required a mathematical proof with which it would have been trivial, but later upon discussion it came up that it can be assumed, which seemed weird. One interviewer was googling Java 8 syntax most of the time and were fine with the solution; no extensions asked. 2 others were great interviewers, provided hints at the right time and asked meaningful extensions.

Questions

NDA.

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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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