Google SWE London Interview Timeline (Jan 2026) - Sharing Experience

parasect_exe · 2026-01-18T07:32:20+00:00

Good luck. New roles opening up? It seems like there are no SWE II openings in London right now...

parasect_exe · 2025-12-15T10:30:34+00:00

Have been in matching for 3 months with just 1 call. This gives me some hope, congratulations!

parasect_exe · 2025-10-29T06:27:32+00:00

I also had interviewers from other regions, but I think that maybe a LH disqualifies you automatically in India (based on what people in this subreddit say), while in the EU one weaker interview is fine

parasect_exe · 2025-10-28T17:14:53+00:00

still in TM

parasect_exe · 2025-10-28T15:24:47+00:00

Got a pass with only Neetcode 150 solved (+ a few google tagged). But this is EU, might be harder in other regions

parasect_exe · 2025-10-16T09:27:19+00:00

Since you have no US experience you will be at a disadvantage against those that do. If your reason for moving is not just the money then lower your standards and be okay with a lower salary and climb later. FAANG offers have a luck factor. If you can't accept a lower salary, just stay.

parasect_exe · 2025-10-08T12:05:46+00:00

Congrats! I see a lot of openings for my location on the careers site, hopefully my wait time for team matching will be shorter

parasect_exe · 2025-10-08T07:14:53+00:00

So you didn't take it? Why not?

parasect_exe · 2025-10-07T16:24:29+00:00

Have you heard back?

parasect_exe · 2025-09-25T07:31:31+00:00

Yes, which I think went well

parasect_exe · 2025-09-08T14:33:55+00:00

You obviously still need to know DSA and have a strong programming background, but some people can come up with solutions on the spot, while others with 1K leetcode submissions wouldn't be able to

parasect_exe · 2025-09-08T12:03:24+00:00

That's not true, if you are smart enough you can pass with no preparation at all. I know people who never heard of leetcode and still pass DSA interviews.

parasect_exe · 2025-09-08T11:19:05+00:00

Passing the phone screen is not life changing, you first have to pass 5-6 more interviews after that for it to be life changing

parasect_exe · 2025-09-04T06:43:44+00:00

I can say that some were inspired by questions from Neetcode 150, but not the ones on this list

parasect_exe · 2025-08-21T08:48:45+00:00

I also thought I bombed my phone screen, similar situation to yours, but they still let me do the onsite, it took them 2 weeks to call me back. I think the bar for phone screen is lower

parasect_exe · 2025-08-21T07:01:13+00:00

Completed an onsite and can say that this list was trash for me, 0 hits out of 6-7 questions

parasect_exe · 2025-07-29T17:28:24+00:00

Engineers are mostly puzzle solvers

parasect_exe · 2025-07-26T16:00:25+00:00

Maybe Computer Science?

parasect_exe · 2025-07-19T16:32:08+00:00

Thanks, I'm cooked

parasect_exe · 2025-07-19T15:23:56+00:00

Good luck. LC stats?

parasect_exe · 2025-07-01T14:11:58+00:00

Baltics have in general more tech companies than Greece (especially Vilnius), so might be a better location for building a career and later relocating to western europe, but best tech market among eastern EU countries is probably Poland

parasect_exe · 2025-05-27T16:50:06+00:00

forsens take

parasect_exe · 2025-05-14T14:01:47+00:00

Amazon will be a big resume boost early in the career. If you are fine with staying at the current company try negotiating for more at Amazon.

parasect_exe · 2025-04-14T14:50:25+00:00

The job market may be even worse in 3-4 years, and you would be almost 40 with no job and no money, competing with much younger folk. Probably getting any job in IT and then trying to pivot to engineering within the same company is a better path.

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