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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California

March 1, 2019
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The interview process begins with a recruiter phone call, followed by two phone screens. Next, there's an on-site interview with five technical interviewers and one lunch interviewer. The lunch interviewer does not provide feedback; this is simply an opportunity to connect with a Googler and learn more about working at the company.

Interview results are shared a couple of weeks after the hiring committee reaches a decision. Following that, team matching occurs, leading to an actual offer.

Questions

Signed NDA, but mostly algorithms and data structures heavy for phone screens. On-site interviews cover system design, distributed programming, coding, and problem-solving using data structures.

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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

16%
Pass 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

Positive63%
Neutral31%
Negative6%

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

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