Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
I received a call from a recruiter after completing the Google Foobar challenge. After a brief discussion with him, I scheduled a phone technical interview. I did well enough on that, and they decided to schedule me for an onsite interview. I got nervous during the interview and didn't perform to my ability.
Questions
Nothing they asked was actually that difficult. However, the pressure to perform and still being on edge from the previous interviews really got to me. All the questions seemed pretty straightforward CS 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
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
- 5.0A wonderful experienceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2013Pros: People at Google seem happy and well taken care of. They provide food, nap places, classes, and all sorts of fun events. Even more, they have a mission you can get behind. The focus of most teams is to work hard and long to bring information to anyone who wants it. Even more, I felt that what I worked on was extremely interesting to me.Cons: As an intern, I worked on an important project, but I also felt that my own contribution was relatively small due to the size of the company. I further felt a bit lost in the sheer mass of the employees. Finally, I wish I had more say about what team I wanted to be on besides "frontend" vs. "backend".
- 5.0Nice place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 21, 2025Pros: Amenities, food, location, teammates, relax, work.Cons: Lack of growth, boring work, management does not know what they are doing.
- 5.0Fun Team with Big ChallengesSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 21, 2024Pros: - Worked on a lot of high-publicity features. - Got to challenge myself by learning many different new programming languages and stacks.Cons: "Red tape" was often a problem. Sometimes access requests would take a while to unblock me.
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