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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

September 1, 2015
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Process

The process began with a recruiter's call describing the interview stages.

This was followed by a one-hour phone screen, which primarily involved coding using an online word pad.

Next, I was invited for an on-site interview, consisting of five mostly technical rounds.

The in-person interviews included hand-coding on a whiteboard.

The questions presented were of moderate difficulty.

It took approximately two weeks to receive the results.

Questions

Signed NDA. Questions involved data structures and algorithms: pairs, lists, trees, maps, BFS, DFS. Sort multiple lists.

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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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