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The DSA portion featured problems related to Dynamic Programming, one being similar to the Longest Increasing Subsequence type. The last 15 minutes were dedicated to Googliness and Leadership, where I was asked situational and HR-style questions such as: A conflict you faced and how you resolved it Your biggest achievement or failure How you approach challenges and teamwork
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Software Engineer, University Graduate

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Nov 11, 2025

The DSA portion featured problems related to Dynamic Programming, one being similar to the Longest Increasing Subsequence type. The last 15 minutes were dedicated to Googliness and Leadership, where I was asked situational and HR-style questions such as: A conflict you faced and how you resolved it Your biggest achievement or failure How you approach challenges and teamwork

Based on String manipulation (not meant to reveal the specific questions as requested by Google). I spend a lot of time revising tree's and search/sorting algorithms, but tripped up on some relatively straight forward String manipulation questions. I have time for 1 and a half questions, the first one being simple and the second requiring a new solution to a more complex version of the same problem. The interviewer was fairly friendly and they will hint at you when you make mistakes, and look at how you go through to error check your code. In general this was a really nice interview process even though I messed up my question. My main advice would be to do a lot of practise on coding without an IDE, and problem solving questions. The recruiter within google will send you a bunch of great revision materials, and using this is definitely more than enough to be prepared.
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Graduate Software Developer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Apr 21, 2015

Based on String manipulation (not meant to reveal the specific questions as requested by Google). I spend a lot of time revising tree's and search/sorting algorithms, but tripped up on some relatively straight forward String manipulation questions. I have time for 1 and a half questions, the first one being simple and the second requiring a new solution to a more complex version of the same problem. The interviewer was fairly friendly and they will hint at you when you make mistakes, and look at how you go through to error check your code. In general this was a really nice interview process even though I messed up my question. My main advice would be to do a lot of practise on coding without an IDE, and problem solving questions. The recruiter within google will send you a bunch of great revision materials, and using this is definitely more than enough to be prepared.

Signed NDA, but they do provide a review sheet covering all topics to expect and it is pretty accurate from my experience. Highly recommend practicing problems on sites like topcoder, hackerrank, and LeetCode. Write solution by hand first!
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Software Engineer (University Graduate)

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Mar 30, 2017

Signed NDA, but they do provide a review sheet covering all topics to expect and it is pretty accurate from my experience. Highly recommend practicing problems on sites like topcoder, hackerrank, and LeetCode. Write solution by hand first!

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