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Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 12, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was referred by a current Google employee for a software engineer position.

I then received a snapshot coding challenge involving basic questions on string manipulation.

A week later, I received an email for a phone call interview.

We used a Google Doc to write code and communicated over the phone. I thought the interview went smoothly, but I probably messed up some edge cases.

Four to five days after the interview, I got a rejection phone call.

Questions

Implement a Fibonacci iterator with only .next() and .hasNext() methods.

Write a method to convert a string from snake_case to camelCase (e.g., my_string --> myString).

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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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