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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

October 1, 2013
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter.

I had one technical phone interview, and then I was invited onsite for four interviews.

Three of these interviews were algorithm and code-based, and one was a system design question.

Questions

The system design question was the most frustrating because the interviewer did not articulate which part was supposed to be designed until the very end.

I suggest asking a lot of questions and pressing the interviewer to state exactly what they want you to design.

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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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