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Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 1, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was emailed about an opportunity to work at Google.

The email asked me to set up a phone interview, where they asked about my interests and background.

They then set up another phone interview, this time a technical one.

The technical interview involved coding and asking the interviewer questions about his role at Google.

After the first interview, I received another phone call from my recruiter.

My recruiter said I needed one more technical phone interview before an on-site interview, so we scheduled one.

The second interview was similar to the first.

Questions

Write code to determine if a given input string contains balanced parentheses.

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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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