Google

SWE Interview Experience

September 1, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

1 round of online assessment, after 1 week scheduled 2 rounds of virtual onsite of technical questions, 45-min each, leet code medium. Not too hard overall. Intern Conversion. Waiting for hiring committee review.

Questions

Focus on data structures, trees, priority queues, etc.

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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

Great Learning, Minor Disorganization

SWE • Former Employee

August 18, 2021

Pros: Fun project, good learning experience, free food.

Cons: Sometimes it can be disorganized, and company requirements will change before the start of the role.

Great Learning, Minor Disorganization

SWE • Former Employee

August 18, 2021

Pros: Fun project, good learning experience, free food.

Cons: Sometimes it can be disorganized, and company requirements will change before the start of the role.

A good, huge company to work for

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Freedom to work on interesting projects. Good benefit package. You get to solve unique, interesting problems.

Cons: Bureaucracy that comes with working for a large company.

A good, huge company to work for

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Freedom to work on interesting projects. Good benefit package. You get to solve unique, interesting problems.

Cons: Bureaucracy that comes with working for a large company.

Food's Great, Work So-so

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: FOOD! INFINITE AND PRETTY DECENT GOURMET FOOD

Cons: Alright, work-life balance could be better. Food.

Food's Great, Work So-so

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: FOOD! INFINITE AND PRETTY DECENT GOURMET FOOD

Cons: Alright, work-life balance could be better. Food.

Great Learning, Minor Disorganization

SWE • Former Employee

August 18, 2021

Pros: Fun project, good learning experience, free food.

Cons: Sometimes it can be disorganized, and company requirements will change before the start of the role.

5.0
Great Learning, Minor Disorganization
SWE • Former Employee
August 18, 2021
Pros: Fun project, good learning experience, free food.
Cons: Sometimes it can be disorganized, and company requirements will change before the start of the role.

A good, huge company to work for

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: Freedom to work on interesting projects. Good benefit package. You get to solve unique, interesting problems.

Cons: Bureaucracy that comes with working for a large company.

4.0
A good, huge company to work for
SWE • Current Employee
April 21, 2018
Pros: Freedom to work on interesting projects. Good benefit package. You get to solve unique, interesting problems.
Cons: Bureaucracy that comes with working for a large company.

Food's Great, Work So-so

SWE • Current Employee

Pros: FOOD! INFINITE AND PRETTY DECENT GOURMET FOOD

Cons: Alright, work-life balance could be better. Food.

5.0
Food's Great, Work So-so
SWE • Current Employee
April 23, 2020
Pros: FOOD! INFINITE AND PRETTY DECENT GOURMET FOOD
Cons: Alright, work-life balance could be better. Food.

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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