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Software Engineering Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

February 1, 2014
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Process

There were three phone interviews, and I had to code on a Google Doc. One interviewer was not able to make it to the interview, so instead, we conducted it a few days later.

That interview went terribly, mostly because I couldn't understand the interviewer's English. I did my best during the interview, and afterwards, I wrote to my recruiter explaining what happened.

A few days later, I was pleasantly surprised to hear I got the internship! My recruiter mentioned it was good that I had informed her of the situation. They discounted the feedback from that interview and would have re-interviewed me, but it was later in the year, and my scores from the first two interviews were good enough to advance me.

Questions

One interviewer asked something about Pascal's triangle and binary coefficients.

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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

25%
Pass 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

Positive63%
Neutral25%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineering interview process in Mountain View, California.

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