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SWE Interview Experience

December 1, 2018

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process:

First step: online coding challenge
Second step: phone call interview - asked 2 algorithm questions
Third step: got the reject email

The interviewer was nice, and I made a huge mistake during the implementation of my algorithm.

Questions

Read a file and find the path between two destinations.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 60 interview experiences for the Google SWE role in United States.

Success Rate

23%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive75%

Neutral18%

Negative7%

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

Google Work Experiences

Bare Bones Review

SWE • Current Employee

February 6, 2018

Pros: Good salary and benefits. Google has an unwritten ethos to make the world a better place – not just "Don't be evil" – and that feeling is shared by most employees. They will complain to management if they feel that isn't happening in the context of some new decision.

Cons: Getting large, so it's hard to make a big positive impact.

Bare Bones Review

SWE • Current Employee

February 6, 2018

Pros: Good salary and benefits. Google has an unwritten ethos to make the world a better place – not just "Don't be evil" – and that feeling is shared by most employees. They will complain to management if they feel that isn't happening in the context of some new decision.

Cons: Getting large, so it's hard to make a big positive impact.

Enduring Growth, Collaboration, Flexibility

SWE • Current Employee

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

September 12, 2018

Pros: I came for "two years". I'm at Google over seven and counting. Great peers with a culture that fosters collaboration and learning from others. Lots of flexibility – working hours, working from home, team and product mobility. Competitive perks, benefits, and compensation.

Cons: As the company grows, there is more bureaucracy and formality, but still not as much for a company this size.

Enduring Growth, Collaboration, Flexibility

SWE • Current Employee

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

September 12, 2018

Pros: I came for "two years". I'm at Google over seven and counting. Great peers with a culture that fosters collaboration and learning from others. Lots of flexibility – working hours, working from home, team and product mobility. Competitive perks, benefits, and compensation.

Cons: As the company grows, there is more bureaucracy and formality, but still not as much for a company this size.

Good Wlb, Slow Growth

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Good work-life balance and great benefits.

Cons: Slow career growth and politics.

Good Wlb, Slow Growth

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Good work-life balance and great benefits.

Cons: Slow career growth and politics.

Bare Bones Review

SWE • Current Employee

February 6, 2018

Pros: Good salary and benefits. Google has an unwritten ethos to make the world a better place – not just "Don't be evil" – and that feeling is shared by most employees. They will complain to management if they feel that isn't happening in the context of some new decision.

Cons: Getting large, so it's hard to make a big positive impact.

5.0
Bare Bones Review
SWE • Current Employee
February 6, 2018
Pros: Good salary and benefits. Google has an unwritten ethos to make the world a better place – not just "Don't be evil" – and that feeling is shared by most employees. They will complain to management if they feel that isn't happening in the context of some new decision.
Cons: Getting large, so it's hard to make a big positive impact.

Enduring Growth, Collaboration, Flexibility

SWE • Current Employee

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

September 12, 2018

Pros: I came for "two years". I'm at Google over seven and counting. Great peers with a culture that fosters collaboration and learning from others. Lots of flexibility – working hours, working from home, team and product mobility. Competitive perks, benefits, and compensation.

Cons: As the company grows, there is more bureaucracy and formality, but still not as much for a company this size.

5.0
Enduring Growth, Collaboration, Flexibility
SWE • Current Employee
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
September 12, 2018
Pros: I came for "two years". I'm at Google over seven and counting. Great peers with a culture that fosters collaboration and learning from others. Lots of flexibility – working hours, working from home, team and product mobility. Competitive perks, benefits, and compensation.
Cons: As the company grows, there is more bureaucracy and formality, but still not as much for a company this size.

Good Wlb, Slow Growth

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Good work-life balance and great benefits.

Cons: Slow career growth and politics.

5.0
Good Wlb, Slow Growth
SWE • Current Employee
May 28, 2024
Pros: Good work-life balance and great benefits.
Cons: Slow career growth and politics.

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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