Google interview notes, page 143 of 215

“Got the BFS skeleton down pretty fast, 4-directional moves, visited set, queue.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had an answer prepared but it felt a bit generic coming out of my mouth.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent the first couple minutes just trying to scope this because it's deceptively large.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The 10x framing is doing a lot of work here.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had a decent story ready but rambled too long on the setup and barely got to what I actually did.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The peer inference piece is what gets you.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sat me down hard.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I fumbled the opening by jumping straight into ideas before actually scoping the problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I picked something I actually cared about instead of the obvious flagship answer, which felt right in the moment but then I spent the next five minutes second-guessing myself mid-answer.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Picked a product I actually use daily, which helped, but I spent way too long setting up context before getting to any real ideas.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Google, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.