Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
October 1, 2023
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied through the website and was notified of a phone screen. This included a behavioral phone screen. The company then called again for a couple of technical screens. These included a problem involving data structures, algorithms, and complexity. Each phone screen was about 30 minutes long.
Questions
Name one example of how a graph data structure would be implemented.
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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.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
It's still not too bad
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 15, 2021
Pros: Good infrastructure that lets you get things done.
Cons: Too large at this point
4.0
Great Balance, Slow Growth
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
September 8, 2024
Pros: Work-life balance
Awesome peers
Cons: Slow growth in some teams
4.0
A Software Engineer Who Probably Doesn't Know How Good He Has It
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 21, 2017
Pros: - Hours are quite reasonable. Working 9-5 is possible, especially if not prioritizing promotion.
- Perks are valuable and make the work environment quite comfortable. Having free meals and gourmet snacks in the micro-kitchens makes working for other companies, even rich ones like Apple, unappealing.
Cons: For all the search monopoly money Google has, there are few projects that try to solve major world problems, such as climate change.
A lot of colleagues do not seem to care about making the world a better place for the poor.
There is a two-tiered work environment with engineers/high power full-time employees on one side and most other employee types on the other. Google "Google red badge."
- 4.0It's still not too badSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 15, 2021Pros: Good infrastructure that lets you get things done.Cons: Too large at this point
- 4.0Great Balance, Slow GrowthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 8, 2024Pros: Work-life balance Awesome peersCons: Slow growth in some teams
- 4.0A Software Engineer Who Probably Doesn't Know How Good He Has ItSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 21, 2017Pros: - Hours are quite reasonable. Working 9-5 is possible, especially if not prioritizing promotion. - Perks are valuable and make the work environment quite comfortable. Having free meals and gourmet snacks in the micro-kitchens makes working for other companies, even rich ones like Apple, unappealing.Cons: For all the search monopoly money Google has, there are few projects that try to solve major world problems, such as climate change. A lot of colleagues do not seem to care about making the world a better place for the poor. There is a two-tiered work environment with engineers/high power full-time employees on one side and most other employee types on the other. Google "Google red badge."
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