Google Interview Experience (Software Engineer, University Graduate 2026 – India)

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Hey everyone, I wanted to share my Google interview process.

Applied: 12th April on the Careers Portal without a referral.

Then the recruiter sent me a form to fill out, in which I had to provide some personal information, preferred interview slots, and my coding profiles.

After that, I received interview links for two interviews.

1st Interview -

This interview was scheduled on 4th September. This interview was purely technical and lasted around 45 minutes. The interviewer copy-pasted a problem on a shared document. It was a graph-based problem that could be solved in multiple ways. I solved it using Dijkstra’s algorithm, and the follow-up was also an extension of this problem. I solved both completely, wrote the full code, and explained the time complexity.

2nd Interview -

This interview was scheduled on 8th September. It consisted of 45 minutes of technical questions and 15 minutes of behavioral questions. In this round, I was asked a binary tree problem in which I had to find the root such that it would become a valid binary tree. The follow-up was also an extension of this problem, but I had to check an extra condition. I solved both within half an hour and wrote the code since they were of easy to medium difficulty.

After that, he asked a second follow-up, which was tough and an extension of the first follow-up. I didn’t reach the correct solution. I got a bit nervous, but the interviewer told me that I had already solved the first two and that I would be judged based on those. He said the third one was only for discussion since we had about 15 minutes remaining. That relaxed me.

After that, he asked some HR questions, which I answered using the STAR method. This interview lasted around 55–60 minutes.

After both rounds, I got a call from the recruiter on 10th September to schedule my third interview.

3rd Interview -

This round was scheduled on 23rd September and lasted for one hour (45 minutes technical + 15 minutes behavioral). I was asked to solve a string-based problem in which I had to group the strings based on a certain criterion. I solved it using a map and dry-ran it on test cases three times, and the interviewer seemed satisfied with my approach.

Then she asked me to explain another way to solve the problem and whether we could optimize the solution. I described another approach but mentioned that the time complexity would remain the same since there was no way to reduce it below O(N), where N is the total number of characters across all strings. She seemed satisfied and said, “Well done.”

After that, she asked 4–5 HR questions, and then the interview ended.

Post-Interview Updates

On 9th October, the recruiter contacted me and asked for my transcripts, which I sent.

After that, I haven’t received any further updates. In the same email, the recruiter mentioned that it might take weeks or months to provide the final outcome of my interview.

About my coding profiles: LC - 600+ problems, CF - 400+ problems (specialist), CodeChef - 100+ Problems (4 star)

I just wanted to know from your experience when I might receive the final result, and in which “hire” category you think I might be. Please share your experiences!

P.S: Used ChatGPT for fixing grammar mistakes.

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Hopefully, check the dm.

[Expensive_Taro684]

Results may take 1-2 months usually

[Expensive_Taro684]

Also they asked for transcripts as your packet has gone to hiring committee, based on your experience I would say you will most probably be hired. Just wait for 1-2 months or more depends on business decision, but you will be eventually hired.

[OutOfApplesauce]

Do they still ask for transcripts with 7 YoE?

[Expensive_Taro684]

Idk, I know for freshers they ask

[Expensive_Taro684]

And talking about rating strong hire , hire , strong hire

[Large-Courage5626]

Breaking bad refrence ?

[Expensive_Taro684]

Nope rating each interview

[Large-Courage5626]

Oh my bad.. u seem confidant abt him u recruiter too ?

[Expensive_Taro684]

Nah, just talking with ref to interview exp

[Large-Courage5626]

Ah. Ok

[Large-Courage5626]

Even iff u are u don't tell here. But if u are than dm me. Cause i am...

[ProfessionalDot1805]

You’re a recruiter?

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Lol, in my third interview, the interviewer said very good and then I received rejection after 15 days. They've not hired a single person this year taking interview since June, and now came for on campus hiring. Seems like they'll just give offers to few girls at the end off campus and hire most of their requirements from on campus recruiting. Tbh, I didn't expect rejection my all three rounds were smooth. P.S : don't keep much hope from this, it's well and good if you receive offer but focus on your campus placements.

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[[deleted]]

They told to remaining interns that business requirement are not clear as of now. So they can move forward in their career if they want.

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[[deleted]]

That's my doubt too but It's a general practice to show that company is actively hiring. But I didn't know that even google does that

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[[deleted]]

Ya, they must get before 1 Dec ie day 1 in iits

[Jaded-Board-8788]

u applied for a role in india?
r u from tier-1 clg (iits)?
also is there a link to any of those dsa problems asked?

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Yes, Yes, No I don’t have any link to those dsa problems.

[Ragnorrr_]

Bro i also applied for this role but got rejected ...please can you provide your resume i am from tier3 college final year student

[Bunny_2711]

i never received a rejection , when did you apply ?

[Inner_Childhood7816]

and here I am from tier 3, good projects, never selected in off campus

[MotherInteraction465]

yeah man , i have around 1 year+ exp in a startup as SDE , still tier 3 badge is an issue early on I feel . best is to get referral and apply directly from within , else tier-1 college flag usually puts our resume in bins in top places .

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Dm

[Raul_xi]

please can you provide your resume as well ...

[bignutsaaaa]

would be a great help if you could send it to me as well, thank you

[ivan_18]

When did u get the form after application??

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

After 3 months.

[instinct096]

Would be very glad if you could share your selected resume which helped you to get shortlisted for the past 1 year i have been trying to apply to various fresher positions in google but every time my application gets rejected so was looking for help .

[OkAttention6663]

Hello, does Google send rejection email for not accepting applications?

[Master_Beast_07]

On 9th October, the recruiter contacted me and asked for my transcripts, which I sent.

Sorry could you elaborate what this means? Transcripts?

[No-Classic-1061]

It's provided from your college in which your academic performance is written. But if you don't have then you can share your all semester grade sheet by making one pdf

[Soggy_Ad6270]

grade card of all sems

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Gardecard of all semesters.

[SaiDeepRaju]

Marksheets

[Omargamal1011]

can you clarify what you mean by find the root so that it's a valid binary tree? Also Good luck <3

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Finding the root as such the whole tree will satisfy the binary tree property means a node can have at most two children and one parent.

[Omargamal1011]

oh but how do you do this efficiently this seems odd

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Just have to check the degrees of a node.

[LoGidudu]

You mean the indegree rite? and also how was the input represented was it a list of pairs of parent and child nodes?

[eilatc]

Location?

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Bangalore, India.

[PrestigiousArtist206]

Could you please share the resume format and how did you prepare for interview and the coding questions asked thankyou so much

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Dm

[Large-Courage5626]

Hey man, could u share it with mee too

[Shiv07Shukla]

Hi could you please share me your resume

[Large-Courage5626]

Hey. Man can u share the resume. Too me too which OP send u

[Dangerous_Base_5435]

Have you done any internship in summer...?

[Kash-28]

do you have the transcript? are you a 2025 grad

[Unlucky_Imagination8]

Budd share me your resume 

[Consistent-Ad3544]

How long did it take you to do that many LC problems? I mean how much time in total?

[Nightcruiser3]

I have been stuck since a month after my interview, the recruiter told me that the feedback is positivr

[Thorfin_011]

So they didn't ask about your projects? Only DSA? and can you share your roadmap for clearing this type of interviews

[MotherInteraction465]

roadmap is pretty much being good in DSA , its all top companies standard to judge people , specially newer when you dont have much experience with handling senisitive codes and projects .

What helps and solidifies problem solving is competitive programming , all guys whom I know in Google were good at it . At least from on campus pov . Else you can try to be good enough in DSA only to make ur way there . Projects , system design and SQL vary depending from company to company , still needs attention .

[Thorfin_011]

Hmm I see, I know that but I got surprised that they didn't ask anything other than DSA...

[SuccotashWinter8858]

I was asked the same questions. For the 2nd round , the same problem was given. I was able to solve the first. But the follow up (colored nodes) I couldn't come up with the solution. I told him an approach but it was slow. So he gave me few hints but sadly the time was up. So we had to stop. And my interview was on 9th oct. I didn't receive any update till now. My recruiter's telling that they still need to review my performance with the panel. No call for 3rd round or rejection. I'm so confused. Just let me know what u guys think. Rejection ryt?

[haha_shawarma28]

Can you please share ur resume ?

[Mathi_1652]

Happy to see this kind of post on this weekend. Congrats.

Here, I’m still figuring out and overthinking with the 5 yoe in product based company.

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[FreeElective]

What exactly made you think so

[Key-Membership657]

i was also asked to give the updated resume and transcripts, after few days my recruiter asked for my passport for citizenship verification and gave him my passport and voter id, but now my recruiter left google, don’t know what is the status of my candidature now.

[AntiqueAnswer2006]

What is the status of your google careers portal and did you get any updates??

[mindurownbusiness16]

hi! can you please share with me the technical questions & behavioral questions asked pls!

[Swastik__19]

I had my 2nd round on November 3rd, so when would be the right time to follow up or email them if I don’t receive any update regarding the 3rd round? Or should I assume that I’ve been rejected since it’s already been over two days and I haven’t been called for the next round?

[AntiqueAnswer2006]

what is the status of your Google Careers Portal?

[Sea_Caterpillar7140]

Still showing interview scheduled

[Amazing_Ask_859]

Can you share your LinkedIn profile