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Google Software Engineer Interview Experience

Google · Mid level

ResultRejected
Timespan4 weeks
DifficultyDifficult
Rounds3

Interview process

The process was pretty straight forward. The recruiter gave good guidance and gave a list of concepts to prep from. Pretty generic.

Interview rounds · 3

  1. 1

    Recruiter screen

  2. 2

    Phone screen

    1. Q1. Partition an array into two sub-arrays with equal sum.
  3. 3

    Technical round

    1. Q1. Design a Distributed LRU Cache

Tips from the candidate

Distributed systems, I got cache, so LRU cache for sure. Also, different failure scenarios. DP related questions are expected to code quickly

Company culture

Company culture is good. Lot of smart folks lesving though for other ai companies

Details

CompanyGoogle
RoleSoftware Engineer
LevelMid level
LocationUnited States
InterviewedMar 2026
Questions asked2