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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Jun 15, 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Mountain View, CA

      Other Software Development Engineer interview reviews for Google

      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Jun 3, 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      The interview was way more challenging than I anticipated, especially the technical rounds. I was thrown off by the depth of the DSA questions. One standout was a coding question about finding the median of two sorted arrays, which I recognized instantly — it was the same problem I had worked through on PracHub. The behavioral questions felt less intense, but the overall vibe was stressful. Ultimately, I didn’t receive an offer. It was a tough experience, but I'm grateful for what I learned along the way.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given two sorted arrays of size m and n, find the median of the combined sorted array in O(log(min(m,n))) time.
      Answer question
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Feb 2012

      Interview

      Phone interview included using Google Docs as an electronic white board, on which I had to write a JavaScript function and some pseudo code for a simple algorithm. That went well. The on site interview was the opposite, except for the nice HR person who sounded supportive and encouraging. She reminded me to talk about order of complexity for each piece of code. There were six interviews, 45 minutes each. First interview, I was asked to write a recusive function to print all the possible words from the characters the user just typed. It was simple enough, but I missed one step and did not have enough time to recover. The second interview was another programming exercise and I nailed it. The third was more about doing dynamic layouts using CSS and how different browsers render them. The fourth interviewer was suppose to be the hiring manager. He took me to the cafeteria to get food and led me to our meeting room, which was hijacked by another group. We found another room which was half filled with broken furniture, not very appetizing. To top it off, he was busy looking at his cell phone and told me to just eat! I ate quickly and tried to engage him in a conversion, but was not very successful. The fifth person told me he was a substitute, cause his boss was pulled off at the last minute. Obviously he was not prepared so he spent all the time asking me how to improve web page performance, which was his specialty so there was no way I could impress him. I was so discouraged by this time that I just wanted to go home.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Browsers running javascript is single threaded, how can we make AJAX calls in the backgroung?
      2 Answers

      Software Development Engineer Interview

      May 11, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      The interviewer was very nice, one interviewer didn't show up so I rescheduled it. When I didn't come up with the best solution, the interveiwer was very patient and give me hint as many as possible

      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Apr 6, 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru)

      Interview

      1 screening round + 3 onsite round All rounds were focused on DSA that included topics like strings, linked list, heap and dynamic programming. Screening round had 2 questions on qualifying which I was eligible for onsite and Googliness rounds. The whole process took nearlying 2.5 months