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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

March 1, 2010
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Process

Two consecutive 45-minute 1:1 phone screen interviews were conducted.

There was a 10-minute break in between.

They started asking questions without letting me introduce my work or anything similar. Typically, there were two big questions.

As you all know, some interviewers want you to write real code on Google Docs.

Finally, they asked if I had any questions. Remember to ask good questions.

Questions

Write a function that computes the intersection of two sorted arrays.

Then, what if one array is much larger than the other?

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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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