Google·Software Engineer

Google Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

New York, NYPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ran into niche, concept-specific questions mixed with classic DSA, and the difficulty came from translating ideas into the right data structures.

Conceptual technical prompt — I was asked how to represent and store characters/structure (e.g., using an HTML-tree-like model) and then how to search within that structure.
DSA coding problem — I worked through a LeetCode-style challenge involving a trie data structure (including why a trie is appropriate vs alternatives).
Domain-specific technical round — I also saw a technical round focused on a specialized area (optical network concepts like modulation and amplifiers), plus subsequent coding.
Googliness + LeetCode-style pairing — In one similar flow, the process

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