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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

March 1, 2012
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The onsite interview was narrowly focused on whiteboard coding, even demanding all the details on boundary situations. It showed little interest in the interviewee's past experience and skills.

Most interviewers assumed the role of an examiner and were not engaging or interactive. Some were arrogant and did not provide adequate clarification for their questions.

The interviewee had no opportunity to learn about the project or get to know interviewers as potential co-workers during the onsite interview.

Once the hiring committee decided to move forward based on the interview feedback, the interviewee did have a chance to meet the hiring manager and the team to discuss potential projects.

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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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