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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California

May 18, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There were 2 rounds. The first round was a behavioral interview, and the second was a coding round where I was asked to implement a low-level design system for a GCP cloud-based application.

Questions

Implementing the low level design of a search engine.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Santa Clara, California.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral38%
Negative13%

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

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