Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
September 17, 2015
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview process was about 2 months long and included a telephone interview followed by two onsite interviews.
The telephone interviewer asked basic questions and assessed personality.
The onsite interviews were more technical and involved more difficult questions.
Questions
P, NP-hard, NP-complete questions
A couple of data structures questions.
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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 overall, depending on the team, project, and organization
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 12, 2023
Pros: Good benefits, decent pay, work-life balance.
Cons: Career progression can be difficult depending on the project, team, and organization. Work can also become monotonous at the mid-level for the same reasons.
5.0
Values employees. Of course, it has its downsides
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
September 10, 2020
Pros: Great perks including unlimited sick days, vacation, self-management, flexible work hours, good medical, and more.
Open work environment allowing discussion and collaboration.
Actively encouraged to challenge oneself and learn.
Cons: In short, the promotion process at Google attempts to be very fair. In doing so, people become more focused on what is important to promotion. These don't always align with what is good for the company.
5.0
Great Team, Odd Layoffs
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
April 20, 2025
Pros: Great coworkers, great team cultures.
Cons: Layoffs were weird and mysterious.
Slow moving when working with many other teams.
- 4.0Good overall, depending on the team, project, and organizationSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 12, 2023Pros: Good benefits, decent pay, work-life balance.Cons: Career progression can be difficult depending on the project, team, and organization. Work can also become monotonous at the mid-level for the same reasons.
- 5.0Values employees. Of course, it has its downsidesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesSeptember 10, 2020Pros: Great perks including unlimited sick days, vacation, self-management, flexible work hours, good medical, and more. Open work environment allowing discussion and collaboration. Actively encouraged to challenge oneself and learn.Cons: In short, the promotion process at Google attempts to be very fair. In doing so, people become more focused on what is important to promotion. These don't always align with what is good for the company.
- 5.0Great Team, Odd LayoffsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 20, 2025Pros: Great coworkers, great team cultures.Cons: Layoffs were weird and mysterious. Slow moving when working with many other teams.
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