Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
January 1, 2018
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied for the Google Software Engineer internship and received an online assessment and a long questionnaire. The online assessment was difficult for me, as it was my first interview ever as a college sophomore.
Questions
The LeetCode Hard problem was unexpected and very difficult.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 39 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer (Internship) role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
21%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive64%
Neutral31%
Negative5%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Mountain View, California.
Google Work Experiences
5.0
Fun Team with Big Challenges
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
May 21, 2024
Pros: - Worked on a lot of high-publicity features.
- Got to challenge myself by learning many different new programming languages and stacks.
Cons: "Red tape" was often a problem. Sometimes access requests would take a while to unblock me.
5.0
Amazing Food, People, Salary
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
October 2, 2023
Pros: food, people, location, salary, brand
Cons: Everything is amazing, no complaints.
5.0
Making an impact on the world
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
May 18, 2014
Pros: The mission statement.
The leadership (Larry has done a really good job, in my humble opinion, of focusing the company).
The people: really smart, really nice. Usually, there are a couple of bad apples; no system is perfect.
Cons: As the company has gotten larger (I've been there since 2007), politics has become more prevalent, especially over "control of binaries". Why build on shared platforms when you can't control it? (I think it is silly). As you move up the ranks, work-life balance gets really screwy, as you tend to work with offices all around the world (at least in my case).
- 5.0Fun Team with Big ChallengesSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 21, 2024Pros: - Worked on a lot of high-publicity features. - Got to challenge myself by learning many different new programming languages and stacks.Cons: "Red tape" was often a problem. Sometimes access requests would take a while to unblock me.
- 5.0Amazing Food, People, SalarySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesOctober 2, 2023Pros: food, people, location, salary, brandCons: Everything is amazing, no complaints.
- 5.0Making an impact on the worldSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 18, 2014Pros: The mission statement. The leadership (Larry has done a really good job, in my humble opinion, of focusing the company). The people: really smart, really nice. Usually, there are a couple of bad apples; no system is perfect.Cons: As the company has gotten larger (I've been there since 2007), politics has become more prevalent, especially over "control of binaries". Why build on shared platforms when you can't control it? (I think it is silly). As you move up the ranks, work-life balance gets really screwy, as you tend to work with offices all around the world (at least in my case).
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