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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

July 1, 2013
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Process

Two phone calls plus five on-site interviews. The interviews covered the areas of Computer Science, programming (I chose to program in C++), systems design, but especially the general ability to solve problems. Train your brains with some good old-fashioned algorithm exercises before jumping into these interviews. Google is mostly looking for smart people.

Questions

Some questions about BST data structures, which I cannot reveal due to the 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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