Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
Phone and Onsite Interview
Phone Interview: Asked to code a program to find intersecting circles and maximum rectangles.
Onsite Interview: Questions on design patterns, graph traversals, puzzles, and user interface.
Find if two lists of rectangles are exactly equal. How would you sort the lists?
Questions about JavaScript scoping rules.
A rectangle class to compute perimeter, area, etc.
Questions
When you click on a screen, it might not land exactly on a link on the page.
Finding the most appropriate link for a click on a screen area.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Excellent Environment, Highly RecommendedSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 16, 2021Pros: Great place, all sorts of things available, you know.Cons: Nothing much to share here, really. Nothing, nothing at all.
- 5.0Excellent Work, People, PerksSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMarch 19, 2021Pros: Great work, good people, excellent perks.Cons: No cons I can think of.
- 4.0Free Food, Steep LearningSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMarch 16, 2022Pros: Free lunches, free swags, and a relaxed environment.Cons: Quite a large company, so the learning curve is steep.
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