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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 11, 2019
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Technical interview with a kind recent graduate (one year post-graduation).

There were two rounds of phone interviews involving writing Java code.

I addressed the question by creating two classes:

  • First, using a two-dimensional ArrayList, and then optimizing it with a one-dimensional ArrayList.

Afterwards, some other questions were asked.

Questions

Given a graph with layers of nodes, design a system to get numbers from the bottom layer to the top layer.

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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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