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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 21, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I just received a phone call from a recruiter and then had a phone interview. I needed to write code on Google Docs, but the problem was too difficult for me. The interviewer was very nice and provided many hints to help me finish the major part of the code. I think I spoke too little during the whole process, which was the major reason I failed.

Questions

Given a string, find the longest substring T that contains m distinct characters. (Need O(n) solution)

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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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