Google

SWE Interview Experience

October 1, 2021

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The process was very easy and straightforward.

My recruiter told me I'd need two technical interviews that required knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and complexity theory.

First, we had an online assessment, then the phone interviews.

Questions

Some custom data structures and maps

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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

Used to be good

SWE • Former Employee

Pros: Free food and not much else to mention. Other benefits are standard.

Cons: Less pay. Takes advantage of employees. Career growth.

Used to be good

SWE • Former Employee

Pros: Free food and not much else to mention. Other benefits are standard.

Cons: Less pay. Takes advantage of employees. Career growth.

Great People, Bad Salary

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Great environments, people, and benefits.

Cons: Bad salary, food, and etc.

Great People, Bad Salary

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Great environments, people, and benefits.

Cons: Bad salary, food, and etc.

Happy place and fun products

SWE • Current Employee

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

January 31, 2021

Pros: Google is great fun to work at. Good culture in the team that I am in.

Cons: I sometimes do not understand the prioritization.

Happy place and fun products

SWE • Current Employee

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

January 31, 2021

Pros: Google is great fun to work at. Good culture in the team that I am in.

Cons: I sometimes do not understand the prioritization.

Used to be good

SWE • Former Employee

Pros: Free food and not much else to mention. Other benefits are standard.

Cons: Less pay. Takes advantage of employees. Career growth.

1.0
Used to be good
SWE • Former Employee
June 7, 2019
Pros: Free food and not much else to mention. Other benefits are standard.
Cons: Less pay. Takes advantage of employees. Career growth.

Great People, Bad Salary

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Great environments, people, and benefits.

Cons: Bad salary, food, and etc.

5.0
Great People, Bad Salary
SWE • Current Employee
March 4, 2025
Pros: Great environments, people, and benefits.
Cons: Bad salary, food, and etc.

Happy place and fun products

SWE • Current Employee

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

January 31, 2021

Pros: Google is great fun to work at. Good culture in the team that I am in.

Cons: I sometimes do not understand the prioritization.

5.0
Happy place and fun products
SWE • Current Employee
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
January 31, 2021
Pros: Google is great fun to work at. Good culture in the team that I am in.
Cons: I sometimes do not understand the prioritization.

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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