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Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 1, 2024
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Process

I have 2 years of experience (YOE) at a similar FAANG company, but was aggressively downleveled to L3 during the interview process. The process included three rounds of coding interviews, where the questions were standard LeetCode mediums.

Following the coding interviews, I spoke with three Hiring Managers. They pitched their teams to me, and I discussed my past experiences and familiar technologies. Ultimately, I received a lowball offer.

Questions

Two of the three questions were very standard LeetCode mediums: BFS and sliding window. The third was more interesting and open-ended, involving writing some methods for a proposed code editor.

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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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