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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

September 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Quick phone sync, very simple questions, and an explanation of the interview process. Then, a 45-minute interview with a software engineer.

My software engineer decided he had more important things to do and left the call for 10 minutes, returning to say, "Sorry, someone came into my office."

At that point, I no longer wanted to work for Google and didn't take the interview seriously. He was nice enough, but completely disrespectful. I was not offered a trip to Mountain View.

Questions

Imagine an employee structure. How would you find the lowest common manager given two employees? Code the structures and functions required.

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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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