Google Cloud Software Engineer interview experience

It began with an initial HR stage, followed by multiple interviews that were more technical and needed a lot of deliberate thinking rather than rushing. A big theme was showing how I reasoned through problems; the evaluation felt like it cared about the path as much as the final result.

Across the technical rounds, I saw a mix that felt like core DSA plus system design. One round focused on system design for something like map features—navigation and routing—so it wasn’t just coding. I also remember coding rounds emphasizing clean code and optimization, where correctness wasn’t enough by