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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 1, 2009
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Had two 45-minute phone interviews. All interviews were technical.

Half of the time, we discussed my experience and projects.

On the first interview, I had problems which the Google Engineer asked me to program in Java. On the second interview, I was programming in C.

Questions

I had questions about collections in Java.

I also had memory management questions in C.

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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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