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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

August 22, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There was a hard graph question, a line sweep, backtracking, and a greedy problem similar to LeetCode 50, 78, 112, and 343, but with a major twist that made it harder than most patterns. I did solve all though.

Questions

Do you know RPC? Do you know GraphQL?

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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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