Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
Process
I had one phone interview and was invited for an on-site interview.
The phone interview was about encoding and decoding a string. The main task was to code a program that returns A3B3C2 given AAABBBCC as an input.
There were many follow-up questions, which I handled well, and I was invited for an on-site interview.
The on-site interview consisted of 5 rounds (+1 lunch round). One was a behavioral round, and the rest were data structures and algorithms rounds.
Among the four coding rounds:
- One was about designing a class for Minesweeper.
- I had two 2D-DP problems.
- I had one union-find problem in my non-design rounds.
Questions
Mine Sweepers
Coin Change with Limited Coins
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 49 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 3.0Good Perks, Great People, Limited GrowthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesMarch 10, 2021Pros: Good perks. Interesting work and great people.Cons: Overall Strategy and Growth Opportunities
- 3.0Company is goodSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesJune 5, 2024Pros: Different teams to explore Experience in Big Tech Learn good coding practicesCons: No work-life balance in the cloud. Managers can be not supportive at all. Google Island.
- 5.0Life-changing Internship, Empty OfficeSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesAugust 29, 2022Pros: It was my first time interning at Google, and it was a life-changing experience that I would recommend everyone to try.Cons: It's still hybrid work, so the office can feel empty sometimes.
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