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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 18, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had two technical interviews back-to-back with two different developers.

The interviews were pretty standard and fair.

They each asked a few brief initial questions about my resume, and then the rest were technical questions about basic data structures and algorithms.

I thought the questions asked were interesting and appropriately challenging.

I wasn't adequately prepared for the technical interview and didn't do well enough to get the offer.

Questions

The candidate was asked about the properties of various core data structures.

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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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