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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

September 1, 2013
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Process

I had two interviews on Hangouts one day, and an extra interview a month later, also on Hangouts.

The first two were easy, though I didn't do them super well.

The third and last one was really hard; it was my hardest interview ever. They asked me a lot of questions about design and coding, most of them very difficult.

Questions

I was solving a problem involving some design patterns, specifically about a server receiving requests. Then, the interviewer changed the problem. Now, the server could handle multiple requests simultaneously, transforming it from a design problem into a concurrent programming challenge.

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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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