Process
The engineering interviews were awesome. My interviewers were really nice, and I felt like they wanted me to be successful.
The process took way too long. There was a two-week delay from resume to contact, a two-week delay between contact and interview, and a week delay from interview to notification of success. This led to submission to a committee, which took over two weeks. Finally, after the committee approved my application, I waited a week to get in touch with my recruiter, who explained host matching. By this time, I had been in the process for over two months.
I accepted an offer at a similar company that offered a much smoother process, more responsive recruiters, and significantly better compensation.
Questions
NDA. However, I suppose it doesn't hurt to say that you should know about:
- How to code
- Data structures
- The programming language you are using's core libraries
- Basic algorithms like quicksort and binary search
- Dynamic programming
- Backtracking algorithms.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineering interview process in United States.
Google Work Experiences
- 2.0Excellent place for an internship, not so well for full timeSoftware Engineering • Former EmployeeNovember 23, 2017Pros: - Really fun place. - Very good benefits (free food, gym, massage, monthly bus ticket, events). - Smart people all around. - Good SWE practices. - Good compensation and good career opportunities.Cons: Everyone is on their own (no teamwork), and your teammates really don't care about you (although they try hard to look like they do, which is "extremely" bad). Google becomes the only thing in your life after some time; they try to make you live on campus by strategically providing everything you need, resulting in a bad work/life balance. People are not passionate about what they do; most of them are actually bored, which affects you as well after some time. Most projects have little impact or provide little real-life value. All in all, it's definitely not a place for people with an entrepreneurial mindset.
- 4.0Good perks, degrading culture, maintenance work in India, slow growthSoftware Engineering • Current EmployeeMay 4, 2024Pros: Good perks. Brand name. Good WLB. Awesome tech and people.Cons: Internal politics. Everything is too slow to build. Slow growth.
- 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.
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