Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
The entire process at Google was very enjoyable and moved quite quickly.
I unfortunately did not move on, but my recruiter and interviewer were very polite and easy to work with.
I reached out to Google through the website in the summer for a New Grad Software Engineering position and was contacted by a recruiter a few days later.
She set up an interview for the following week and then followed up about a week after my interview to let me know the feedback.
Questions
Something about reading from the disc and optimizing the latency of the data read/writes.
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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
- 5.0Cutting-edge, No Cons!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMarch 19, 2023Pros: Cutting-edge software work at Google.Cons: No cons to working at Google.
- 3.0It was a great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesNovember 17, 2008Pros: Free food, shuttle, smart people, other perks.Cons: There isn't really a lot of room for advancement. When you start at the company, things are great, but after a couple of years, you'll realize that you'll probably be stuck in the same job for a long time.
- 3.0Bad team placement can lead to doing boring infrastructure workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesApril 3, 2018Pros: Immediately write code that is used by billions of people every day---code that is run millions of times a second. It's a prestigious job that looks good on a resume and opens doors.Cons: You can end up in a cog-in-the-machine sort of a situation where you don't feel like you're making a useful difference.
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