Google Cloud Software Engineer interview experience

I started with an aptitude round, then moved through three separate technical rounds where the bar felt increasingly high as I continued. The later rounds focused on more detailed engineering design: one was LLD and another was HLD, so it wasn’t just about solving problems on the spot.

What surprised me was how much the process felt like it had a fixed rhythm. While the structure itself was clear, the difficulty level stayed very high, and some of the question styles felt a bit like “check-the-box” tasks rather than things that directly reflected real work I’d be doing day to day.

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