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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

September 1, 2009
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The recruiters are very proactive and professional.

The interview is mainly about design, problem-solving, and brainstorming.

The questions are not the classical programming ones I saw on websites, but one definitely has to know the basics, such as sorting and complexity, to come up with good answers.

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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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