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Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It was a 45-minute coding challenge of medium difficulty. Knowledge of sorting algorithms would have helped me. I should have been more familiar with merge sort. Study LeetCode or HackerRank and brush up on algorithms.

Questions

Given a sorted array of integers and a center integer, order the array by distance from the center.

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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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