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Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2014
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was approached by a recruiter, and we had an initial phone screen.

From there, I had a technical phone interview with a Software Engineer. The questions were pretty straightforward, nothing too difficult.

After that, I had four on-site interviews:

  • Two went very well.
  • One went pretty well.
  • I did pretty poorly in the other.

I signed an NDA, so I can't go into details, but my suggestion to anyone would be to prepare as much as you can.

Questions

Low-level question, which I wasn't expecting (far from my area of expertise).

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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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