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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 28, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn and we had a short talk.

I arranged the phone interview for one month later.

He asked about my most challenging project and what I've learned from it.

Then I was asked to write code and to explain its time and space complexity.

Questions

transform(char*, size_t)

Delete all 'a's from the string.

Follow-up: Delete all 'a's from the string and change 'b's to 'bee'.

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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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