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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

April 14, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 2 months.

Process was smooth, and one interviewer didn’t show up, which was rescheduled to a later date. Questions were based around stack, string manipulation, backtracking, and trees. Some questions will be super vague; make sure to clarify and find the problem yourself.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 776 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%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.

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