Google Cloud·Software Engineer

Google Cloud Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

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United StatesPosted Jun 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a tough coding-heavy video interview where the questions felt genuinely difficult.

It was one round, and it was clear it was aimed at stronger technical depth—coding challenges that required more careful preparation than I’d actually done. While some CS fundamentals felt manageable, the coding portion was the real filter.

What made it stressful was that I hadn’t set myself up well enough for the style and difficulty of the questions. I knew the kinds of topics that could come up, but in the moment I still missed the right level of readiness for getting everything correct. In feedback terms, it didn’t lead to an offer, and the experience left me with the sense that

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