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Google SDE (Software Development Engineer) Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 23 Nov 2022

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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in May 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. About years of experience
  • Q2. Current role and expertise
3

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Java object oriented questions
  • Q2. Data structures related questions
  • Q3. Given small coding problem on duplicate string

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare leetcode problems mostly, data structures as much as possible hr was very Frank later this round she given preparation time but somehow I got rejected recently I got call again from Google recruiter saying they shortlisted based on my LinkedIn profile so keep good profile that also helps.

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in May 2022.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Time complexity of the program wriitten
  • Q2. Design the algorithm with less time complexity

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Very difficult only data structures and algorithms

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Sep 2021.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on Data Structures and time complexities
  • Q2. Merge sort and heap sort describe
  • Q3. Time complexities on sort algorithms
  • Q4. Projects from work current role

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - not just learn algorithm, learn about run time complexities as well

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jul 2021.

6 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - BE CONFIDENT AND PREPARE WELL

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SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview

user image Sajag Porwal

posted on 27 Nov 2021

 · MS/M.Sc(Science)

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Interview experience
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Difficulty level
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Duration
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Result
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2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Medium level coding question on leetcode and codechef are good to prepare to clear the test.

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. You need to have good knowledge on all the core subjects from CSE Department and coding
  • Q2. Database questions, java opps cocncepts, coding question based on arrays.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare coding well , leecode medium level questions are good enough and knowledge on core subjects.
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

Fully logical we want to strong in percentage and stream

3

Coding Test Round

We want to strong in one coding language and also u want to strong enough in DS algo

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - This is an one of the good company where u can learn and do anything only they are see ur performance

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jun 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What technologies did I work on and some basic questions related to it.
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Technology-related questions and previous project-related questions.
3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. This was the manager round he asked me previous project-related questions like application architecture.
4

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions like relocation and compensation.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and be prepared for questions related on your previous projects and latest technologies with working POC's

I was interviewed in May 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Question was related to the tree
  • Q2. Searching time of bst

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident as the interviewer was cool and help you at the point where you completely stuck.
They asked me 1 coding of question of tree and rest they put the theoretical questions related to the tree only.

Skills evaluated in this interview

9 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest.
Sometimes we try to be more smart in front of the interviewer but he/she had already taken so many interviews. And they the boss in this game so don't try to play with there question. Prepare yourself, do practice for how to represent yourself in front of interviewer.
Be meticulous in your preparation!

Google Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Google SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview?
Google interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Google interview process are One-on-one Round, Resume Shortlist and HR.
What are the top questions asked in Google SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Google SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview -

  1. Design the algorithm with less time complex...read more
  2. merge sort and heap sort descr...read more
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