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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

March 1, 2017
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Process

2 phone interviews, conditionally followed by 5 in-person interviews.

Each interview is approximately 45 minutes long and consists of 2-3 engineering questions.

Questions will be answered using uncompiled [chosen language] or pseudocode, presented either in a shared Word document or on a whiteboard.

Questions

Design a system for shading of text queries.

Pseudocode

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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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