Google Senior Software Developer Engineer interview questions
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Senior Software Developer Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Developer Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 44 days.
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Phone interview: 25%
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Other: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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Google coding interviews are really challenging. The questions are difficult, specific to Google, and cover a wide range of topics. The good news is that the right preparation can make a big difference and can help you land a job as a software engineer at Google
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What is your favorite Google product? What would you do to improve it?
I submitted my resume first, then HR called and asked some culture fit questions, then moved on to the phone screen interview with a senior project manager. Didn't make it to the next stage.
Various coding and infrastructure problems with 5 different interviewers. Solutions were whiteboarded. Interviewers asked good questions to drill deeper on complexity. Some problems were easy and well-defined. The hardest problems were more open-ended.
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Question 1
How would you design a successful cloud computing offering?