Google·Software Engineer

Google Software Engineer interview experience

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PolandPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interviews focused on intense technical problem solving, and I really struggled to finish strong under the time pressure.

In my coding session, I tried my best but couldn’t complete the solution within the allotted time, and that ultimately led to rejection.

Another part of the experience that felt especially frustrating was how the discussion went during optimization. I solved the first prompt quickly, but instead of moving on to a second question, the interviewer kept pushing for an O(1) approach. The direction shifted into something more mathy than what I expected, and when the feedback came back, I was marked down because I hadn’t pivoted into a second attempt—despite the fact that the flow never actually

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