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Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 9, 2022
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

resume screening, then phone screenings, next is on-site interviews, next is hiring committee reviews, and finally executive reviews. You have the ability to ask questions to make sure you understand the question or task. I suggest you do it often.

Questions

Given two words, beginWord and endWord, and a dictionary's word list, find the length of the shortest transformation sequence from beginWord to endWord.

This sequence must adhere to the following rules:

  • Only one letter can be changed at a time.
  • Each transformed word must exist in the word list.

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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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