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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Russia

November 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had two Skype interviews that lasted 45 minutes each, one by one.

During the first, I was asked standard questions on algorithms. I also had a task to implement one of them. Then there was a talk about my CV.

The second interview asked a very high-quality system design question. We iterated and improved the solution for 30 minutes. I had to implement the basic version. Then we talked about some edge cases on extreme large datasets.

Questions

I was asked to implement an algorithm.

It is a pretty easy question for small datasets. However, when that question was expanded for large datasets, it became very interesting.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Russia.

Success Rate

30%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Russia is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive60%
Neutral10%
Negative30%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Russia.

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