Google Cloud·Software Engineer

Google Cloud Software Engineer interview experience

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Seattle, WAPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I faced a tougher, DSA-heavy journey with fewer “surface-level” questions—harder problems and deeper logic showed up during the technical rounds.

Recruiter / scheduling — A recruiter reached out and the process moved to a coding interview request.
Technical coding — Harder LeetCode-style problems (e.g., data-structure tasks like BST, plus string/key-map and other logically deep questions).
Optimization / follow-ups — In at least one round, I was asked to improve a solution toward an O(1)-style approach.
Onsite-style technical loops — Whiteboard/pairing-style coding and algorithms/data structures questions; difficulty depended on the exact position.
Behavioral — STAR-style behavioral prompts, with an

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