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Software Engineer Interview Experience

April 3, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

  1. Online Assessment This is a personality test. You're asked to choose your reaction based on certain situations.

  2. Phone Interview This is conducted via phone call. You'll be asked a coding question with one follow-up.

  3. Virtual Interview This includes three rounds of technical interviews and one round for behavioral questions.

Questions

  1. Plant k types of vegetables on a grid, making sure the same type of vegetables are clustered. Return the grid after planting.

  2. View flowers on a grid with 1's and 2's, where 1 represents flowers and 2 represents walls (cannot see through). Return how many flowers you can see from each grid[i][j].

  3. A maxHeap problem.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3,728 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

12%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive59%
Neutral29%
Negative12%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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