I have given Google Software engineer interview twice. Both times I had one coding round went bad and all other rounds went really well. I was asked a very difficult and kinda new coding question. Both times I did not make it. This has me wondering what's the secret to Google interview. Do you have to ace all the rounds? It was for Seattle office btw. Google is my dream company and I really want to give my best shot next time before I run out of chances. Please share any advice you have.
How many LC have you solved
Facebook = 2 ninjas (coding), 1 jedi (behavioral), 1 pirate (design). Google is 5 ninjas but it’s not an auto decision, they have a HC committee that actually reads the interview feedback and makes a call. Sometimes you can fail a few interview but still get an offer with a strong interview with a presumably hard question
I’ve heard of a case of 5 yes decisions from all 5 interviewers but the final call from the HC being a no (not sure why)
5 lukewarm confidence “yes” votes probably won’t get you over. If all the signal they can extract is “this person prepped well”, might be safer to err on the side of caution
Yoe? Why are you chasing Google so badly? It's not all that.
It’s better than Amazon
Agreed. But my point still stands.
What were Google interview questions like?
Study English grammar.
Take FB's interview training to understand what interviewers are looking for when they rate you.
It must come down to luck. I cracked Google but have a 0/3 success rate at FB.
You lack luck.
giant balls