Google

SWE Interview Experience

November 12, 2019

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had three phone interactions:

One with the recruiter to set up a meeting.
Two with questions on algorithms, with a focused area on tree and graph algorithms.

Questions

How to find the order of a leaf in a tree

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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

Best Job, Too Many People

SWE • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Best job ever, great benefits.

Cons: Too many employees? Show your value.

Best Job, Too Many People

SWE • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Best job ever, great benefits.

Cons: Too many employees? Show your value.

Good Perks, High Stress

SWE • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Good food and perks: gym, classes, snacks.

Cons: Too stressful and political: backbiting and aggressive deadlines.

Good Perks, High Stress

SWE • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Good food and perks: gym, classes, snacks.

Cons: Too stressful and political: backbiting and aggressive deadlines.

Good Engineer, Long Learning Curve

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Good engineer standards, a working environment, and work-life balance.

Cons: The learning curve is a bit long.

Good Engineer, Long Learning Curve

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Good engineer standards, a working environment, and work-life balance.

Cons: The learning curve is a bit long.

Best Job, Too Many People

SWE • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Best job ever, great benefits.

Cons: Too many employees? Show your value.

5.0
Best Job, Too Many People
SWE • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
May 25, 2020
Pros: Best job ever, great benefits.
Cons: Too many employees? Show your value.

Good Perks, High Stress

SWE • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Good food and perks: gym, classes, snacks.

Cons: Too stressful and political: backbiting and aggressive deadlines.

2.0
Good Perks, High Stress
SWE • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
April 17, 2025
Pros: Good food and perks: gym, classes, snacks.
Cons: Too stressful and political: backbiting and aggressive deadlines.

Good Engineer, Long Learning Curve

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Good engineer standards, a working environment, and work-life balance.

Cons: The learning curve is a bit long.

4.0
Good Engineer, Long Learning Curve
SWE • Current Employee
July 15, 2019
Pros: Good engineer standards, a working environment, and work-life balance.
Cons: The learning curve is a bit long.

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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