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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience

October 1, 2019
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone interview with technical questions, following the online assessment which was the first round several weeks prior.

The interviewer didn't elaborate much and truly expected candidates to be efficient in solving the questions, as 45 minutes is a very short period.

Questions

Calculate the sum of leaf nodes in a binary tree.

What if you can only use O(1) space and no recursion for this question?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 153 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer New Grad role in United States.

Success Rate

6%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive61%
Neutral33%
Negative6%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in United States.

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