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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 3, 2016
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Process

I applied to Google last year and had two phone-screen interviews. I got an onsite interview the following month. The interviewers were very nice and always discussed concepts with me when I had no ideas. It's really a great company, and I wish myself luck!

Questions

Q1: Find common characters in a string.

Q2: Find the longest path from root to leaf in a binary tree.

Q3: Shuffle a vector randomly.

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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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