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Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was approached by a recruiter via LinkedIn.

I had two 45-minute phone screens.

The entire process took 4 weeks.

Overall, I had a good experience, but unfortunately, I didn't make it.

The interview questions were not very difficult.

One just needs to have good knowledge of CS 101, i.e., data structures, algorithms, and runtime analysis.

Questions

Interview 1: Given a group of tasks and a group of people, determine if the tasks can be completed.

Interview 2: Given a string, return a string such that the vowels from the start are swapped with the vowels from the end. E.g. Input: united states. Output: enated stitus.

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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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