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SWE Interview Experience - Zürich, Switzerland

February 1, 2017

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

It was really long.

I was contacted in October by a recruiter who asked me to send a CV.

After I sent it, they contacted me back after two months.

Questions

They asked me some basic questions that involved combinatorics and Dynamic Programming.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google SWE role in Zürich, Switzerland.

Success Rate

100%

Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their SWE roles in Zürich, Switzerland is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's SWE interview process in Zürich, Switzerland.

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