Google·Software Engineer

Google Software Engineer interview experience

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

I went through an OA first, and then it turned into a mix of phone screening and technical interviews online.

In the technical round, I got a couple of coding problems and I could use languages like Python, C++, or Java. There were also behavioral components layered into the process, so even when the focus was coding, the conversation format wasn’t purely technical.

After the OA, I ended up in a structured loop that matched Google’s typical style: a recruiter pre-screen, then a STAR format behavioral interview and a basic technical interview on the same day with a short break between them, and finally two more LeetCode coding rounds. The coding rounds were pushed to be on the same day too, with

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