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Google Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I did the hiring manager round for a SWE III (ML) role on the Gemini Applications team.

My background going in was about 4.5 years as a data scientist at a mid-size company, so the conversation leaned into how that experience translated into the kind of engineering work this role needed.

The round itself was specifically the hiring manager discussion, and it felt like it was trying to get a full picture of how I worked, not just whether I could solve a technical problem in isolation. I left the session with a stronger sense of how the team evaluates fit for ML-focused engineering work.

I didn’t receive an offer from this stage. Looking back, the biggest reflection I had was

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