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Google Software Engineer interview experience

L3Posted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying, I went through a fairly standard multi-round loop that started with an online assessment.

Once that cleared, the process moved into a screening phase where I did both a technical and behavioral interview. The technical parts stayed LeetCode-style, focused on DSA rather than any more experimental formats.

Then I moved to an onsite-style stage with additional eliminatory technical interviews. Across the full process, I ended up with multiple coding-focused rounds—five technical rounds total when combining stages—alongside two behavioral conversations spread across the early and later steps. The interviews were intense mainly because the rounds stacked and each one felt like it

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