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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

June 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Interviewed in MV for a position in SEA. The onsite went smoothly with follow-up phone interviews, and I was told that they would extend an offer.

The post-offer stage was super shady and bordering on unethical. The recruiter collected compensation expectations from me and said that was within their range. Later, they gave me a lowball offer which would have involved me taking a pay cut, and I refused to accept. They pulled a bait-and-switch on me and, until the very last moment, kept stalling me with the promise of a higher salary but didn't come through. Fortunately, I had another offer, and I decided not to work with a company with such dirty negotiation tactics.

To all future candidates: Make sure you have a competing offer, or they will lowball you!

Questions

Cannot reveal due to 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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