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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 6, 2025
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Process

The problems were pretty hard, involving live coding over online meetings. Google employees were present to help if you got stuck, but I got stuck on most of the problems. Depending on who you were paired with for each problem, it could help or hurt your progress.

Questions

A lot of dictionary questions.

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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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