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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      2 Mar 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Feb 2013

      Interview

      The process was very smooth but I felt the interview was a bit unfair. The question was somewhat new and I could get no where near to cracking it in 15-20 min. It was about some left closed right intervals something (don't remember the exact details) but knew it was some interval tree question. I have seen people get much easier questions in their first round interview. I guess these interviews tend to get random and I was just plain unlucky to have got a very difficult (and unforgiving) interviewer right at the very beginning.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Some interval tree question
      Answer question

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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      3 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      The interview was way more challenging than I anticipated, especially the technical rounds. I was thrown off by the depth of the DSA questions. One standout was a coding question about finding the median of two sorted arrays, which I recognized instantly — it was the same problem I had worked through on PracHub. The behavioral questions felt less intense, but the overall vibe was stressful. Ultimately, I didn’t receive an offer. It was a tough experience, but I'm grateful for what I learned along the way.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given two sorted arrays of size m and n, find the median of the combined sorted array in O(log(min(m,n))) time.
      Answer question

      Software Development Engineer Interview

      11 May 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      The interviewer was very nice, one interviewer didn't show up so I rescheduled it. When I didn't come up with the best solution, the interveiwer was very patient and give me hint as many as possible

      Software Development Engineer Interview

      6 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru)

      Interview

      1 screening round + 3 onsite round All rounds were focused on DSA that included topics like strings, linked list, heap and dynamic programming. Screening round had 2 questions on qualifying which I was eligible for onsite and Googliness rounds. The whole process took nearlying 2.5 months

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