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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 1, 2018
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I only had a phone interview. The interviewer only wanted his answer and did not really allow me to solve the problem my way. He wanted his answer only, which had a runtime of n^2.

Questions

Given a string of only 'a's and 'b's, what is the minimum number of flips required to achieve an output of 'ab'? A flip refers to changing one character to another.

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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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