Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
December 10, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied through a recruiter. The process took two months.
- One easy Google Docs coding screen.
- A virtual onsite with four Google Docs LeetCode-style interviews. The onsite interviews were probably in the medium to hard range of LeetCode.
I had a few calls with my recruiter throughout the process, mostly about what division of Google I wanted to apply to.
Questions
Merge two tree file structures and find a path through the new tree.
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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.
Google Work Experiences
5.0
Great company to work for
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
October 20, 2024
Pros: Innovative ideas and projects, the smartest minds in the tech industry, and challenging problems.
Cons: It's crucial to find the right teams with the right opportunities.
2.0
Didn't like it
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
June 23, 2024
Pros: Coworkers were all really talented and generally pretty nice.
Compensation is definitely high.
Cons: Everyone was visibly stressed out all the time.
Extremely slow to get anything done.
Company values like "Respect the User" are more honored in the breach than the observance.
Most of their tech stack is only used at Google, and the internal documentation, while easy to search for, is often hard to understand.
Upper management is clueless and bad at their jobs.
2.0
Google is not Google
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
April 29, 2023
Pros: Might have been good in the past years.
Cons: Now, it seems everyone is trying to avoid any incident rather than accepting new challenges.
- 5.0Great company to work forSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesOctober 20, 2024Pros: Innovative ideas and projects, the smartest minds in the tech industry, and challenging problems.Cons: It's crucial to find the right teams with the right opportunities.
- 2.0Didn't like itSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJune 23, 2024Pros: Coworkers were all really talented and generally pretty nice. Compensation is definitely high.Cons: Everyone was visibly stressed out all the time. Extremely slow to get anything done. Company values like "Respect the User" are more honored in the breach than the observance. Most of their tech stack is only used at Google, and the internal documentation, while easy to search for, is often hard to understand. Upper management is clueless and bad at their jobs.
- 2.0Google is not GoogleSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesApril 29, 2023Pros: Might have been good in the past years.Cons: Now, it seems everyone is trying to avoid any incident rather than accepting new challenges.
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