Google Cloud Software Engineer interview experience

I thought I communicated clearly, got to an optimal solution, and wrote clean code while walking through my thought process and a test case. I even used a couple minor hints, but it still felt like I handled the problem reasonably well.

The question was LeetCode easy in label, but it had extra constraints that made it more like a medium in practice. I took about 35 to 40 minutes, and I remember stressing because in training I could usually solve similar problems much faster. The interviewer didn’t really ask follow-ups—no discussion about time or space complexity—so when I got told I did