Gemini·Software Engineer

Gemini Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

New York, NYPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first touchpoint was a recruiter call focused on culture fit, and it set the tone for what they cared about next.

I had to come in thinking about Gemini’s values and products, because the conversation pointed there before the coding portion. After that, the coding round felt less like pure LeetCode and more like solving small problems where the surrounding design choices mattered.

Even though the overall difficulty landed around average for me, the way they framed the work—building and thinking through the design around the solution—was what stuck. I left feeling like I understood what kind of thinking they wanted, but I still didn’t get an offer. Looking back, the coding experience wasn’t the hard

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