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Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 1, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter from Google. We then arranged a time for a phone interview.

We basically talked about my background, and the recruiter introduced Google's working environment and advantages.

He then arranged a phone screen for me after half a month. The questions on the phone screen were not difficult, but very tricky. You need to be very familiar with algorithms and data structures, and also be very experienced to code with your most preferred language.

The materials sent by the recruiter were very helpful. I was graduating during that time, so I didn't have enough time to practice coding. I didn't pass it.

Questions

Design a cache with O(1) search time and delete time.

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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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