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Software Engineer - New Grad Interview Experience

September 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There was an initial HR call describing the whole interview process.

First Round: Coding challenge with two questions to be solved in one hour. The level of the questions was a bit tough.

Second Round: Phone interview with an engineer. She asked me two coding questions and some background information related to my projects.

Questions

  1. Optimal minimum cost problem

  2. Given an array of n+1 integers in the range of 1..n, return a single duplicate element present in the array.

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The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer - New Grad role in United States.

Success Rate

0%
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

Positive64%
Neutral27%
Negative9%

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

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