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Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 31, 2018
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Process

You talk to a recruiter on the phone. They might arrange a phone screen interview, which is a coding interview in a Google Doc.

Then, they call you for an onsite, which consists of 5 interviews in a row (45 minutes each, coding).

Questions

Algorithm questions mostly, like those in Cracking the Coding Interview.

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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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