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SRE Interview Experience

January 1, 2012
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Process

Phone interview.

Generic coding questions (expect algorithms and data structures: graphs, encoding, dynamic programming).

However, phone interviews are usually simple due to length and format constraints.

Onsite interview (5 sessions).

Questions

General coding questions.

Large-scale design question.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Google SRE role in United States.

Success Rate

23%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive54%
Neutral23%
Negative23%

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

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