SRE Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
Process
Full-day, 4-interview session with lunch in the middle and a casual chat with the day's "guide." Overall, the interviews were decent.
They were pretty formulaic and LeetCode-ish. The toughest part is staying perky through a full day of interviewing.
The interviewers were hit-or-miss.
- Two were fantastic.
- One was fine, but truthfully difficult to understand given their accent.
- One was abysmal: awkward, unwilling to chat personably/informally, and poorly articulated their desired outcome, even when pressed.
Questions
A straightforward grid search solve, a Mastermind solver, and a binary tree question.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google SRE Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their SRE Software Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's SRE Software Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Best employer everSRE Software Engineer • Current EmployeeZürich, SwitzerlandJanuary 19, 2023Pros: Dream workplace for proactive people who love challenge. Great perks, amazing work-life balance.Cons: Complexity, sometimes hard to find information.
- 4.0Good balance of interesting work and decent compensationSRE Software Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomSeptember 8, 2021Pros: + Interesting tasks + Smart colleagues + Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at work + Stock is growing + Possible to have lots of vacation as on-call compensationCons: - On-call is a bit exhausting. - Most of the tools/technologies are only internal.
- 5.0A good challenge so farSRE Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMay 20, 2021Pros: As a large company with plenty of resources and accountability, it can be very supportive. A wide variety of work is available, and internal mobility is encouraged.Cons: About half of the people I’ve worked with here have never worked anywhere else.
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