Software Engineer PhD University Graduate Interview Experience - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Process
One phone call and 4-5 on-site interviews.
I started with a 45-minute phone interview (see question below), then I was scheduled for 5 on-site interviews:
- 4 coding interviews
- 1 Machine Learning focused interview.
Questions
For a 6x5 character array (like the one displayed on any TV app), given the cursor is currently at the letter 'a', define a function to return a certain key sequence (U, D, L, R, *) to go to a certain character (argument to the function).
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Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer PhD University Graduate roles in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer PhD University Graduate interview process in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Great place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesJanuary 28, 2018Pros: Google's an amazing company to work for. The perks are incredible, the compensation is top-notch, and your peers are all smarter than you. There's never a doubt when asking someone to do work *if* they can get it done; the question is how long. You could spend your entire career here and work on a variety of problems.Cons: The company's bread and butter is advertising, and it can feel hard sometimes to move away from that. You hear about amazing projects like self-driving cars and solar roof tiles, but in practice, the day-to-day can feel like steering an incredibly slow-moving ship whose cargo is advertisements and money.
- 5.0Exceptional Experience, Highly RecommendSoftware Engineer III • Current EmployeePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesSeptember 26, 2021Pros: Good, nice working here. I like it.Cons: There are no cons that I can see.
- 5.0A good place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesMay 6, 2023Pros: Great coworkers and an innovative environment to work in.Cons: Performance reviews were rigorous, but understandable.
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