Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
April 17, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Typical Google interview with hard questions. There are several rounds of interviews, but the interviewers are nice and respectful.
In general, a positive experience, but I was likely more stressed than I should have been.
Questions
Questions were related to networking and storage.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 142 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
9%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive55%
Neutral28%
Negative17%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
Great Pay, Long Hours
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 10, 2024
Pros: Good salary in a good location.
Cons: Long hours, so not much free time.
1.0
Great Company, No Cons
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 8, 2021
Pros: Good company, great perks and benefits.
Cons: I can’t think of any cons.
5.0
Great company to get you spoiled on perks, but the culture is getting very corporate
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 4, 2013
Pros: High salary. Many perks. Great breakfast and lunch. Working with some very smart people. Learning all the Google technology. Free phone or tablet once a year. If you worked on a cool product and post on social media, you would probably have many followers. Company encourages employees to move around within the company. Free shuttle service to work.
Cons: Working with some very smart people can also turn into a bad thing, because some smart people are real assholes sometimes.
The company is getting big and corporate.
The 20% project is available only when 100% is done.
Performance reviews are still a mystery to me. I had gotten bad ratings for working my butt off and good ratings for not doing much.
- 4.0Great Pay, Long HoursSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 10, 2024Pros: Good salary in a good location.Cons: Long hours, so not much free time.
- 1.0Great Company, No ConsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 8, 2021Pros: Good company, great perks and benefits.Cons: I can’t think of any cons.
- 5.0Great company to get you spoiled on perks, but the culture is getting very corporateSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 4, 2013Pros: High salary. Many perks. Great breakfast and lunch. Working with some very smart people. Learning all the Google technology. Free phone or tablet once a year. If you worked on a cool product and post on social media, you would probably have many followers. Company encourages employees to move around within the company. Free shuttle service to work.Cons: Working with some very smart people can also turn into a bad thing, because some smart people are real assholes sometimes. The company is getting big and corporate. The 20% project is available only when 100% is done. Performance reviews are still a mystery to me. I had gotten bad ratings for working my butt off and good ratings for not doing much.
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