I was contacted by a recruiter and had a phone interview. The first 15 minutes were dedicated to introducing myself, followed by a coding challenge. However, it was different as I was asked to implement an interface. I was allowed to write code in a Google Doc, which was awkward and the formatting was awful.
Given sorted arrays from disk, network, and memory, write an interface to sort the data.
The following metrics were computed from 3,728 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in United States.
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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