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Software Engineer Interview Experience

July 26, 2013
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied for the position through the Google jobs website and was contacted by a recruiter within a few days.

Initially, the recruiter asked me about things such as whether I had previous interviews at Google, if I had an internal reference, and where I was in the job search process.

There were two phone interviews, featuring typical algorithmic questions.

On my onsite interview day, I had four or five other interviews. These were very similar to the phone interviews, except that you use a whiteboard.

Questions

Finding a pair of elements from two sorted lists for which the sum of the elements is a certain value.

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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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