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Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

January 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had onsite interviews with 6 candidates, each lasting 45 minutes back-to-back.

I had an hour lunch break with a one-year employee who shared her experience working there and showed me the results of her work.

The interviews themselves were all technical, conducted on a whiteboard. They didn't focus much on asking questions about experience or preferences. It was all about demonstrating technical skill and thought process.

Questions

The interview questions covered standard CS-related topics such as graphs, algorithms (BFS, DFS, and a traveling salesman variation kind of question), and system design (which is a really open-ended interview).

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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.

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