Applied through an employee referral.
Had to complete a snapshot survey and an easy coding challenge, which consisted of two questions.
Received an onsite interview a week later.
I pretty much nailed the first three interviews, but had a terrible experience with the last interviewer. I guess it was meant to test stress response, but she literally gave me no guidelines for the questions. I asked a lot of questions and received no response, so in the end, I had to make any reasonable assumption that I could. The packet went to the hiring committee, but then they passed.
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The following metrics were computed from 748 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.