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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 26, 2015
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Process

I first had a phone screen interview. After this, I was asked to come onsite for further interviews. I had four whiteboard interviews and one lunch interview with the YouTube team. Following these, I was informed that my application was going through the Hiring Committee.

The Hiring Committee asked my HR to find a team for me before giving any decision. I then had two phone interviews with different teams in Android. I informed my HR that I was interested in the first team. The next day, HR emailed me and said that this team no longer had an open position. I again went through the same process. This time, the platform team was interested in talking to me. I completed two phone interviews, wherein they asked me to write code. After their feedback, I was put through the Hiring Committee again, and this time I received a thumbs up from them. One week after that, I was put through the executive committee and received my offer.

I had seven other offers, and my HR asked me about all of them before putting me through executive review. They offered me more than any other company I had offers from.

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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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