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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

November 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

A recruiter contacted me for a chat about my current work and career interests. I proceeded directly to the onsite interview, skipping the phone screen. The onsite interview was standard, featuring five rounds of technical questions with a lunch break in between. Most interviewers were very easy to talk to, and I enjoyed discussing different approaches with them. The campus was really cool, and the building where I interviewed was also very impressive.

Questions

NDA. But I will say the questions were a lot more practical and relevant, not like some claim them to be ridiculously hard algorithm questions. Still, they were fairly challenging algorithm and data structure-related problems – one key fundamental to good software.

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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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