Google Software Development Engineer (SDE) II interview questions
Updated 3 Jan 2026
based on 19 ratings
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The interview was conducted as a technical DSA round for an SDE-2 role. The interviewer started by explaining the problem and expectations, then gave time to think and discuss the approach. The focus was not only on arriving at the solution but also on explaining the thought process, assumptions, and optimizations. The interviewer was interactive and encouraged discussion and clarification during problem-solving.
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Question 1
They asked a problem based on buildings of different heights and rainfall, a variation of the classic Trapping Rain Water problem, where I had to determine where the least amount of water would accumulate.
Dynamic programming was asked in detail else included operating system, computer networks , data structure and algorithm, now writing just to fulfill 30 word criteria, don't mind, one more thing, graph was also asked in detail
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Los Angeles, CA) in May 2025
Interview
1 phone screen (coding style), interview loop(3 (coding) + 1(Googlyness)
all the coding questions were Medium-easy. LPs was comparatively very easy and all the interviewers were very co-operative and calm.