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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A headhunter at Google found me on LinkedIn and contacted me.

He scheduled a non-technical call with me first, asking about what kind of job I wanted to work on.

Then, he quickly contacted another technical recruiter to schedule a 45-minute phone interview one week later.

The questions were classical and could be found on Glassdoor.

However, I was informed of my rejection after another week.

Questions

  1. Count the number of positive integers less than N that do not contain the digit 4.

  2. Design a data structure that can do the followings in O(1) time: (1) insert (2) remove (3) getRandom

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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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