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Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 1, 2013
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Process

They came to my school (UCI) and interviewed a good amount of people.

Each candidate was given two 45-minute interviews. They asked difficult questions, but not as difficult as for a full-time position.

If you did well in those, you went into host matching. There, they tried to find a suitable internship after you provided your preferences.

They described an internship that sounded fun, but I later found out it was a very annoying project and was not satisfied with the initial description.

Questions

The conversion interview was at least twice as hard as the internship interviews.

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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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