I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Submit my resume online.
In the first phone interview, the google staff asked me about my projects and a programing problem about picking up a sample of 1000 keywords from huge amount of search requests. Of course, it is impossible to save all the requests. The solution can be found on the Cracking Coding Interview. But then he asked me to explain why that works. I failed. Then I was asked to propose a way to check if the algorithm works.
15 min laters, I got my second phone interview. Problems include Augmented Tree (from the book Introduction to Algorithms), a question using greedy algorithm. I did not finish the second problem, but proposed the right algorithm. And it took me a long time to fix the bugs in my programs.
Recruiters are very nice and guide me to debug. I passed the interview and got to team match, but no team leader contacted me. Maybe I do not have my own unique skills or project experience.
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Other Software Development Engineer Interview Reviews for Google
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
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
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Apr 2026
Interview
Very competitive process which requires hard work and good preparation. DSA questions and real life problems divided into 4-5 rounds of interview including HR, Technical, Hiring manager rounds. Onsite interviews are going on