Software Engineering Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
The current engineering internship interview process consists of two parts:
- An online take-home assessment (consisting of two interview questions)
- Two technical phone interviews
The online assessment questions were average string and tree problems. The phone interviews were on the same level, but with an engineer.
Overall, the whole process was very standard. They personally phone call applicants who didn't make the cut, which is nice.
Questions
Given a list of words, develop two functions to serialize and deserialize into a single string.
Given a string in the format: 2(abc)4(df), write a function to decompress the string to the following format: abcabcdfdfdfdf
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineering role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineering interview process in Mountain View, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 3.0Good projects, good people, but lots of chaosSoftware Engineering • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesApril 2, 2025Pros: - You get to work with smart people. - If you're on the right team, you can work on cutting-edge tech.Cons: - Too many reorgs and shifting priorities recently. - Work-life balance is not as good as it used to be, but the extra effort also often goes unrecognized.
- 3.0Moderate choice for talented SWE nowadaysSoftware Engineering • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 4, 2024Pros: Good benefits, such as stock/401k and free food.Cons: Bad for immigration if you need I-140 or PERM.
- 4.0Interesting engineering organizationSoftware Engineering • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesDecember 30, 2008Pros: It's a fast-paced environment where employees have a good deal of flexibility on projects they want to work on. Everyone was friendly and welcoming. It seemed like there was a good work-life balance throughout the organization. One thing that was clear was that senior management significantly valued their employees and took every step to take care of them. For example, there were free breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. During the summer, we were taken on a beach trip to Santa Cruz. Overall, it was a fun work environment.Cons: Google is a very engineering-driven organization. At times, it seems like there are a multitude of different projects going on with very limited business coordination.
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