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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied to a careers website and found a matched open position. A recruiter contacted me and asked some basic questions about my background before scheduling a phone screen interview. The phone screen interview was about 1 hour and 15 minutes long. They set up a Google Docs document for coding and a phone call.

Questions

They asked only one coding question for the phone screen interview. I was asked about algorithms, data structures, and time complexity.

While writing the program, it is very important to keep talking and explain your approach to solving the 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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