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* Posted anonymously by interview candidates (updated Nov 15, 2009)

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Nov 15, 2009

4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)

I was interviewed by two google employees, for an hour each. I was in a small room with a white board and was asked to write the solutions to various coding question. The second interviewer also left some time for me to ask her about what it was like to work at google.

Interview Questions

Write a program the generates the power set of a set of numbers

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Nov 13, 2009

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)

Initial phone screen with recruiter. A few days later, I was invited to take part in a technical phone interview of around 45 minutes - 1 hour with an engineer, asking a range of questions… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Nov 12, 2009

Interviewed Sep 2009 (took 2 days)

Had 2 phone interviews 45 minutes each. All interviews were technical. Half of the time we were talking about my experience and my projects. On the first interview I had problems which the… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Nov 10, 2009

Interviewed Jul 2009 (took a day)

Technical phone interview with two managers, focused mainly on solving various problems in the best possible runtime. Seems like they were really concerned with how fast you went through… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Nov 10, 2009

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)

it was two rounds 45min interviews. interviewers are pretty nice. First ask me to talk about past experience, and then went to technical questions. one tech question is local celebrity… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Nov 6, 2009

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Seattle, WA (took 7 weeks)

Submitted resume online on 2009-09-15.

Received an email from someone in Staffing on 2009-10-07 asking for my location preferences, whether I am eligible to work in US, and actual date… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Oct 19, 20091 of 1 people found this helpful

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 4 days)

A person contacted me after I got friends to upload my resume in India and applied online in the US. Both of them contacted me, the US one first, I fixed a date, and then the Indian chap… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Oct 25, 20090 of 1 people found this helpful

Interviewed Jun 2009 in Mountain View, CA (took 2 months)

I got an e-mail from a recruiter at Google. Then, I talked to her on the phone about my skills and other stuff on my resume. I had a technical interview over the phone which I passed. I had… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Oct 21, 20090 of 1 people found this helpful

Interviewed Feb 2009 in Mountain View, CA (took a day)

I was emailed by a Google recruiter to assess my compatibility for a position in Software Engineering. The recruiter sent a list of questions via email, but the questions were mostly… Post a review to see full interview

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Software Engineer at Google

Posted Sep 30, 2009

Interviewed Sep 2009 in Seattle, WA (took a day)

Had one phone interview, then met on-site with a small number of developers during a single day. All interviews were highly technical, focused on algorithm design, improvement, and ways to… Post a review to see full interview

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