Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
May 16, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
2 rounds of phone interviews, and then an onsite interview.
Questions
Sorry, I cannot disclose the questions.
The most tricky problem was a design problem related to a client-server web service.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 96 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
16%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive74%
Neutral18%
Negative8%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Google Work Experiences
1.0
Good Balance, Bad Pay
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 12, 2024
Pros: Good work-life balance so far.
Cons: Not enough salary, low pay.
5.0
Google is a good company
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 22, 2023
Pros: Good food. Good salary. Good work. Good work-life balance.
Cons: None None None None None
2.0
An authoritarian, Asian-style management
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
September 22, 2022
Pros: 1. Relatively good salary and company-wide benefits. Although not exceptional anymore.
2. Good job stability so far.
3. Good work/life balance.
Cons: 1. Authoritarian low-level management.
Management in Google is an Asian, Chinese-style. Your leads, not even managers, have complete power over you but no accountability. You are not working with them; you can only obey them.
2. No respect to engineering work.
When I told my new manager that I prefer more engineering-type work, she promptly suggested I should leave the company. They need facilitators.
3. No diversity.
Google is dominated by Chinese now. Our team of 13 hired 5 people, all Chinese. Now we have only 3 non-Chinese members out of 18 people. Probably, issue #1 stems from there.
- 1.0Good Balance, Bad PaySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 12, 2024Pros: Good work-life balance so far.Cons: Not enough salary, low pay.
- 5.0Google is a good companySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 22, 2023Pros: Good food. Good salary. Good work. Good work-life balance.Cons: None None None None None
- 2.0An authoritarian, Asian-style managementSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 22, 2022Pros: 1. Relatively good salary and company-wide benefits. Although not exceptional anymore. 2. Good job stability so far. 3. Good work/life balance.Cons: 1. Authoritarian low-level management. Management in Google is an Asian, Chinese-style. Your leads, not even managers, have complete power over you but no accountability. You are not working with them; you can only obey them. 2. No respect to engineering work. When I told my new manager that I prefer more engineering-type work, she promptly suggested I should leave the company. They need facilitators. 3. No diversity. Google is dominated by Chinese now. Our team of 13 hired 5 people, all Chinese. Now we have only 3 non-Chinese members out of 18 people. Probably, issue #1 stems from there.
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