Google Software Engineer Interview Experience
Google · Entry level
Interview process
My case recruiter was unresponsive and they simply ignored me throughout the whole interview process and I still ghosted on the status.
Interview rounds · 2
- 1
Recruiter screen
- 2
Technical round
BehavioralCoding- Q1. Implement self-locating strings in pi
Tips from the candidate
Very much depends on the recruiter you got. Whether the person is responsive, helpful, or simply chunking through candidates and ignoring your emails depends a lot on that.
The interviewees themselves on behavioral and technical interviews are very helpful and nice. The behavioral interview I advise simply to prepare for a STAR method: basically go over your recent experience, maybe ask AI to come up with probable questions and prepare for those. You simply have to narrate a few times before going on the interview and that will be enough.
Regarding the technical ones, prepare for all grids. That's the whole point. I advise completing them section by section, side by side, going through sorting arrays, sliding window, etc.
And during the interview make sure to not hand over on every turn to the interviewer. If you have an approach in mind, stick to it and state out loud properly how it should be done and go with the implementation.
Company culture
All the interviewers are very educated and smart people and it is simply a pleasure to have 15 minutes or maybe extend this 15-minute window after the interview to chat with them regarding their Google ecosystem and what their experience with Google