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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

January 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process took over two months. I applied online and received a reply several days later, which was really fast. A phone interview was scheduled first. An array manipulation question was asked, followed by a further improved question based on the initial one. Then, they asked for optimization. I received a reply two days later by phone (they clearly love to contact by phone). An onsite interview was scheduled one month later. I traveled to Mountain View and San Jose. It involved four interviews in a row with a lunch break. The second interview was extremely hard. Two days later, I was rejected by phone.

Questions

Here are some hints:

  • Iterator of Iterators
  • HashMap
  • Subsets
  • Binary Tree

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 61 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

7%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive52%
Neutral36%
Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

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