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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

June 29, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online.

Two-stage interview process. Stage 1 consists of one behavioral interview and one technical interview. Stage 2 consists of three technical interviews and one behavioral interview. In total, the process includes five technical rounds and two behavioral rounds across both stages combined.

Questions

N-gram word matching using bigrams and trigrams

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 153 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

10%
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.

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