Google Software Developer interview questions

Pretty standard Google SWE loop tbh - recruiter chat (super chill, just resume, why Google, what roles I’m eyeing). Phone screen is where it got real. 45 mins - 2 coding Qs on a Google Doc. Mine were linked list + a binary tree traversal thing. Coding without an IDE feels weird at first but you get used to it if you’ve practiced raw. Onsite was the heavy part - 5 rounds. 4 technical (all DS/Algo): recursion, DP, graph-ish stuff, and general problem breakdown. Last round was Googlyness - team fit, how you handle disagreements, fav product + what you’d improve. For seniors they swap one for system design (scaling, API tradeoffs, caching etc). Practiced through leetcode, and other youtube videos but also did a bunch of mocks on Prepfully - honestly helped a lot with talking through thought-process instead of jumping straight to code. Interview was tough but fair i'd say. If your basics are solid, you’re chill.

I applied for a Google SWE position and went through a recruiter call first. The recruiter was very friendly and clear about the process. My phone screen had 2 coding questions: one on arrays (two sum variant) and another on dynamic programming (unique paths). I solved the first one quickly but needed hints on the DP problem.