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Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Application process through college.

New grad program.

Code challenge with two big questions, where you can use up to one hour to do.

Technical phone call, 30 minutes.

The process is pretty good, and the recruiter is pretty helpful.

Questions

Find the longest palindrome from a string, O(N) runtime.

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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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