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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Waterloo, Canada

January 1, 2017
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

  1. Initial interview with general questions about data structures.

  2. Follow-on coding interviews, expected to be linked to complexity estimates and algorithm optimizations.

  3. Last round with system design questions.

Questions

Question about distributed system design for a large-scale web service and design trade-offs.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Waterloo, Ontario.

Success Rate

5%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Waterloo, Ontario is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive86%
Neutral5%
Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Waterloo, Ontario.

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