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      Softwareentwickler Interview

      1 Oct 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience

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      Software Engineer Interview

      4 May 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Auburndale, FL
      Accepted offer
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Sept 2013

      Interview

      Ich wurde von einem Personalvermittler kontaktiert, nachdem ich von einem alten Kollegen eine Empfehlung bekommen hatte. Der Personalvermittler war sehr tüchtig und freundlich. Er vereinbarte sofort einen Anruf, um den Hintergrund, die Erwartungen und das Einstellungsverfahren zu diskutieren. Ich beschloss, das technische Interview um zwei Wochen zu verschieben, um ein wenig mehr Zeit für die Vorbereitung zu haben. Das technische Interview war ebenfalls angenehm. Es begann mit einer kurzen Diskussion über meinen Hintergrund, um mir die Befangenheit zu nehmen. Dann bezog es das Lösen eines Problems unter Verwendung eines gemeinsam benutzten Dokuments ein. Das Problem an sich war nicht schwierig, und während ich es löste, machte ich einige Fehler und bekam wichtige Hinweise von meinem Interviewer. Entsprechend dem kurzen Feedback, das ich danach bekam, denke ich, dass man von mir erwartete, mehr Ideen beizutragen - mehr Fragen über das Problem zu stellen und mehr über die Konsequenzen meiner Lösung zu reden, ohne darauf zu warten, gefragt zu werden (zum Beispiel: Was passiert, wenn Sie das Problem vergrößern, was, wenn die Daten nicht im Speicher passen, usw.). Ich war zwischendurch ziemlich nervös und stellte fest, dass das, was hilft, es ist, so viel Erfahrung wie möglich mit solchen Interviews zu haben - selbst unechte Interviews mit Freunden helfen viel. Nach ein paar Tagen erhielt ich einen Anruf vom Personalvermittler, in dem er mir mitteilte, dass ich das technische Interview nicht bestanden habe. Auch dieser Anruf war freundlich, indem ich eingeladen wurde, mich in einem Jahr wieder zu bewerben. Insgesamt war es eine überraschend positive Erfahrung.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What happens when you scale up the problem: what scale do you expect in practice? what do you need to change in the solution? how do you handle the data?
      1 Answer
      2
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Auburndale, FL) in Apr 2014

      Interview

      Direct onsite because I interviewed in the past and did well that time. From the time I sent my resume to interview day: 2 weeks. From interview day to offer over the phone: 2 weeks. The syllabus for the interviews is very clear and simple: 1) Dynamic Programming 2) Super recursion (permutation, combination,...2^n, m^n, n!...etc. type of program. (NP hard, NP programs) 3) Probability related programs 4) Graphs: BFS/DFS are usually enough 5) All basic data structures from Arrays/Lists to circular queues, BSTs, Hash tables, B-Trees, and Red-Black trees, and all basic algorithms like sorting, binary search, median,... 6) Problem solving ability at a level similar to TopCoder Division 1, 250 points. If you can consistently solve these, then you are almost sure to get in with 2-weeks brush up. 7) Review all old interview questions in Glassdoor to get a feel. If you can solve 95% of them at home (including coding them up quickly and testing them out in a debugger + editor setup), you are in good shape. 8) Practice coding--write often and write a lot. If you can think of a solution, you should be able to code it easily...without much thought. 9) Very good to have for design interview: distributed systems knowledge and practical experience. 10) Good understanding of basic discrete math, computer architecture, basic math. 11) Coursera courses and assignments give a lot of what you need to know. 12) Note that all the above except the first 2 are useful in "real life" programming too! Interview 1: Graph related question and super recursion Interview 2: Design discussion involving a distributed system with writes/reads going on at different sites in parallel. Interview 3: Array and Tree related questions Interview 4: Designing a simple class to do something. Not hard, but not easy either. You need to know basic data structures very well to consider different designs and trade-offs. Interview 5: Dynamic programming, Computer architecture and low level perf. enhancement question which requires knowledge of Trees, binary search, etc. At the end, I wasn't tired and rather enjoyed the discussions. I think the key was long term preparation and time spent doing topcoder for several years (on and off as I enjoy solving the problems). Conclusion: "It's not the best who win the race; it's the best prepared who win it."
      2501

      Software Engineer Interview

      23 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      The interview process consisted of multiple stages, including an initial screening, a technical/skills assessment, and a final interview with the hiring team. Questions focused on my experience, problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and role-related knowledge. The process was well-structured and gave me a clear understanding of the position and company expectations.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      21 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      Recruiter reach out after referral, scheduled first round technical Was asked about a very specific library from the programming language I picked. Couldn't remember the syntax in my head and busted.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Coding questions on tree structures
      Answer question