Google interview notes, page 151 of 215

“My first instinct was to defend myself and I almost went down that road.” The rest of the author's notes on Technical Program Manager 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.

“Started with the sort-everything approach which is O(n log n) and they nodded but clearly wanted the heap version.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to 'I'd have a direct conversation with them' and the interviewer just kind of waited, like that wasn't enough.” 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.

“I had a story ready but halfway through telling it I realized it made me sound just as difficult as the other person.” 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.

“Straightforward binary search, nothing tricky.” 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 knew the answer involved a normal distribution but fumbled the parameters for a second.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist 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.

“The distance part clicked fast for me since it's basically Dijkstra.” 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.

“Took me a minute to see this as a DP problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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 stared at this for a second and genuinely wasn't sure if it was a joke.” 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 spent probably the first five minutes just re-reading the rules because the win condition tripped me up.” 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.