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Software Engineering Interview Experience

November 1, 2014
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

[Recruiter Contact] The recruiter contact was incredible. I had two initial phone calls with my recruiter who wanted to hear how I was doing with my preparation. She also called me later to give me feedback after the interviews.

[Interviews] To be honest, I had a terrible interview experience with Google. My interviewer was very straightforward and it seemed like they didn't care who I was. There was also no initial question about me. Instead, we had a conversation like this: "Hey, is this [Name]?" "Yes." "Okay, let's start with the first coding question." My interviewers didn't even explain who they were or what they do, which made me feel very uncomfortable.

Questions

No unexpected questions.

However, know your complexities! They asked me about the time complexity for each paragraph.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 123 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineering role in United States.

Success Rate

26%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%
Neutral24%
Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineering interview process in United States.

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