Google Early Careers Software Engineer interview questions
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Just did an OA and then the first round. First round was a 30 minute behavioral followed by a 30 minute technical I believe (could’ve been an hour each I don’t remember). OA was super easy, and the technical was a step up but not too bad. I think I just didn’t move forward because of how I answered the behavioral questions, but also my behavioral interviewer was incredibly unprofessional so I didn’t really care that I didn’t move forward.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2025
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first round consists of 2 interview, one easy algorithm for me (binary search on string) and one bq (question like how you handle difficulty, solve conflict with others)
after that hr contact for in person interview, free flight hotel food taxi etc. second round is 2 code interview, one medium one difficult. i cannot find optimal on difficult.
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Question 1
leetcode question.
first code interview is binary search on string
second on tree (difficult)
last on binary search
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2025
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It was pretty good. Two rounds are OOD, which can be discussed in-person. Meanwhile, I asked plenty of questions with regard to the company culture, even though several solutions have been corrected by the interviewer.
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Question 1
What is your opinion of rapid iteration of AI development?