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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

October 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I received a call from HR.

There was one technical phone round.

This was followed by six in-person rounds:

  • Four technical rounds
  • One system design round
  • One research round

I felt that I had messed up in two technical rounds during the in-person interview.

Within a week, the recruiter informed me that my application was forwarded to the hiring committee.

I was rejected one week after that.

Questions

Typical Algo & DS. Usually, every question had a small twist. Because I am a PhD candidate, one round was purely research discussion.

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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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