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Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 1, 2014

Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The HR contacted me and scheduled three phone interviews. These were all basic questions about Java and data structures. After two weeks passed, the HR informed me that I had passed the interviews. I then had one host match interview, which I also passed.

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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.

Google Work Experiences

Still a good employer, but it got worse recently

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Pros: Google used to be the ideal employer, with nice on-site facilities, good work-life balance, good pay, high morale, and motivated people. You still get good pay, you get to work with exceptional people, and there is the hope that the good times will return and Google will be an outstanding employer again.

Cons: Google fired a bunch of people while being highly profitable. Morale plummeted and the environment became much more cut-throat.

Still a good employer, but it got worse recently

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Pros: Google used to be the ideal employer, with nice on-site facilities, good work-life balance, good pay, high morale, and motivated people. You still get good pay, you get to work with exceptional people, and there is the hope that the good times will return and Google will be an outstanding employer again.

Cons: Google fired a bunch of people while being highly profitable. Morale plummeted and the environment became much more cut-throat.

Great Wlb, People, Learning

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

September 18, 2023

Pros: Food WLB Work Learning People

Cons: Wokeness. Time wasting. Some people. Some food.

Great Wlb, People, Learning

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

September 18, 2023

Pros: Food WLB Work Learning People

Cons: Wokeness. Time wasting. Some people. Some food.

Productive Environment, Long Commute

Software Engineer • Former Employee

September 4, 2021

Pros: An encouraging environment for maximum productivity.

Cons: Long commute to working on campus

Productive Environment, Long Commute

Software Engineer • Former Employee

September 4, 2021

Pros: An encouraging environment for maximum productivity.

Cons: Long commute to working on campus

Still a good employer, but it got worse recently

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Pros: Google used to be the ideal employer, with nice on-site facilities, good work-life balance, good pay, high morale, and motivated people. You still get good pay, you get to work with exceptional people, and there is the hope that the good times will return and Google will be an outstanding employer again.

Cons: Google fired a bunch of people while being highly profitable. Morale plummeted and the environment became much more cut-throat.

4.0
Still a good employer, but it got worse recently
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
March 20, 2023
Pros: Google used to be the ideal employer, with nice on-site facilities, good work-life balance, good pay, high morale, and motivated people. You still get good pay, you get to work with exceptional people, and there is the hope that the good times will return and Google will be an outstanding employer again.
Cons: Google fired a bunch of people while being highly profitable. Morale plummeted and the environment became much more cut-throat.

Great Wlb, People, Learning

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

September 18, 2023

Pros: Food WLB Work Learning People

Cons: Wokeness. Time wasting. Some people. Some food.

5.0
Great Wlb, People, Learning
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
September 18, 2023
Pros: Food WLB Work Learning People
Cons: Wokeness. Time wasting. Some people. Some food.

Productive Environment, Long Commute

Software Engineer • Former Employee

September 4, 2021

Pros: An encouraging environment for maximum productivity.

Cons: Long commute to working on campus

5.0
Productive Environment, Long Commute
Software Engineer • Former Employee
September 4, 2021
Pros: An encouraging environment for maximum productivity.
Cons: Long commute to working on campus

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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