Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
August 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
I went through the conversion after my internship. There were two technical interviews.
They were all very polite, and the process was pleasant.
Questions
Surprisingly, the questions were found on the famous "Cracking the Coding Interview" book.
For example:
- Find the lowest common ancestor of two nodes in a binary tree (O(n) time).
- If each node has a pointer to its parent, solve the problem in O(log n) time and O(1) space.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 344 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
13%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive69%
Neutral21%
Negative10%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
Good Benefits, Boring Bureaucracy
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
June 18, 2025
Pros: Nice benefits, WLB not too bad.
Cons: Lots of bureaucracy. Sometimes kind of boring.
5.0
Google Software Engineer
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 19, 2025
Pros: High salary
Global networking
Continuous working
Cons: High competitiveness
High performance pressure
4.0
Good googly moogly
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
June 6, 2016
Pros: The snack room, however, offers upward mobility.
Cons: Work hours and load may take some getting used to for newbies.
- 4.0Good Benefits, Boring BureaucracySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 18, 2025Pros: Nice benefits, WLB not too bad.Cons: Lots of bureaucracy. Sometimes kind of boring.
- 5.0Google Software EngineerSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 19, 2025Pros: High salary Global networking Continuous workingCons: High competitiveness High performance pressure
- 4.0Good googly mooglySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 6, 2016Pros: The snack room, however, offers upward mobility.Cons: Work hours and load may take some getting used to for newbies.
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