Google Cloud Software Engineer interview experience

That call felt pretty structured and clear, and it set the tone that the team was organized about scheduling. A short time later I moved into technical interviews where the format leaned on classic coding practice, then deeper conversations around system design concepts, and finally leadership or behavioral questions.

Across the technical rounds, the questions weren’t presented as trick puzzles, but they still pushed me to think carefully. I worked through LeetCode-style problems on arrays/logic at a medium level, and when follow-ups came, they dug into how I’d reason and refine the solution