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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

March 1, 2010
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I still don't understand why I did not pass.

I had a phone interview where I was asked to write code and solve a puzzle, and I did both.

I was informed later by HR that I did not pass, and I was simply shocked. I asked what was wrong, but their policy is not to disclose anything.

I think Google has some serious issues with its interviewing process.

Questions

Sample uniformly on a circle centered at zero with radius 1.

Write code to check whether every element of an array has been visited. You are given a starting position, and each position stores a pointer to a subsequent position.

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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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