Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
The interview process included a 45-minute technical phone screen, followed by four 45-minute onsite technical interviews. These were interspersed with conversations with the recruiter.
Everything was based on solving "academic" (algorithms & data structures) technical questions, with one exception: an in-depth scenario question was asked by one interviewer. The questions were not easy, but they were fair.
Questions
Given a binary tree, write a function that returns the length of the longest path (from any node to any node) in the tree.
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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
- 4.0Best Large Corp to Work ForSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 10, 2014Pros: Perks, free lunches, etc. Google set up the current model for a lot of younger companies around the world and successfully created a culture of sharing and community.Cons: Google will let you balance your life, but unless you're really good, expectations are high, and a lot of overtime will be needed to reach up the ladder. Google won't force you, but it is still a meritocracy.
- 4.0Good Balance, Slow PaceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 8, 2025Pros: Very good work-life balance, amenities, and food, of course.Cons: Sometimes work is at a very slow pace. Lots of wasted time in discussion about privacy/legal stuff instead of heads-down software development.
- 5.0Fun Perks, Finding New ChallengesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesApril 4, 2024Pros: All the perks, fun environment.Cons: Hard to scale up finding new challenges.
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