Google Software Engineer interview experience

The virtual part included a LeetCode intervals-style question and a Googleyness component, and that mix set the tone: they weren’t only looking for correct code, but also for how I handled reasoning and communication. After that, I had two onsite rounds, and both were more technical—one focused on implementing something like a container in C++ along with an iterator, and the other involved system design.

What stuck with me most was how much variation there was in what counted as “DSA” across the different stages. The online DSA round didn’t feel like typical LeetCode at all; it was framed