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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 12, 2019
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Overall, quite straightforward, as many other posters note. The process formally starts with a code screen, moved to a phone interview, and then on-sites.

Overall, the questions can be challenging at each part, with the on-site interviews being a case of 'your mileage will vary'. The interviewers may select DP problems, graph problems, and are likely to be interested in your thought process.

Questions

Specifics are under the non-disclosure agreement, but one that I kind of stumbled upon turned out to be (I'm pretty sure) a DP problem, which I initially tried to solve greedily.

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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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