Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
Phone screen, followed by an on-site interview. The on-site interview consisted of:
- Five 45-minute technical interviews
- An hour for lunch
Technical interviews focused heavily on algorithms and general software engineering. All coding was done on a whiteboard. Common themes in the questions included graphs, trees, and hash tables.
The interviewers seemed experienced and were able to give great answers about the company.
Questions
They gave me a sample of code, and I was asked to perform a code review and search for a bug.
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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
- 5.0Learned A Lot, Little ControlSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 24, 2021Pros: Large company, a good learning experience.Cons: Not much control over what you do.
- 5.0Great Culture, Work-life Balance Trade-offSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesOctober 31, 2020Pros: Great company with plenty of variety of product areas and benefits. Competitive pay and a good sense of community and culture.Cons: Sometimes the company jeopardizes "work-life balance."
- 5.0Amazing work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesOctober 10, 2025Pros: The best food, pay, and reputation.Cons: Hmm, honestly not sure.
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