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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

June 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a phone interview and an on-site interview, which I thought went well. The recruiter said the hiring committee apparently was happy.

However, it didn't go past the executive review, and I didn't have any further communication from the recruiter. Beware of higher-level committees; they can and may reject the hiring decision.

I also wish I had a better recruiter who gave more feedback, at least letting me know where I stood. I had to call my recruiter multiple times to know the status. She stopped answering once she knew I was not in the picture. A simple email saying that I was rejected would have stopped me from having false hopes. That's why I am giving a negative rating for the experience.

Interviewers were nice and fair, except for one who kept interrupting me during problem-solving. I think that was more of his nature rather than antagonism.

Questions

Algorithm questions, none of which I had heard before.

But they were variations of standard interview questions.

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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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