Google·Software Engineer

Google Software Engineer interview experience

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Mountain View, CAPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Recruiter screening came first, and it was mostly about setting expectations and getting a sense of my profile.

After that, I went into a technical phone screen, and then the loop was the more structured virtual onsite format with multiple rounds: coding, additional coding rounds, and a behavioral chat tied to Googliness and team dynamics. The cadence was pretty intense because each segment had to be completed within tight windows.

The coding rounds stood out because the environment didn’t allow autocomplete and I couldn’t actually run code. I had to essentially dry-run everything myself while explaining my reasoning, and they used follow-ups to probe how I adapted. I remember how they would take a

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