Google interview notes, page 152 of 215

“This is where the interview lives or dies.” 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 went straight to the 'escalate to leadership' answer and the interviewer just kind of waited, like there was more they wanted.” 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 stared at the ceiling for a solid few seconds.” 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 example input was patterns ('1*0', 5) and ('*10', 10) with input '110', expected output 10.” 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 gave a pretty safe answer.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager 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.

“This was the main question and it sprawled into like four sub-parts.” 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.

“I froze a little because the prompt is so wide open.” 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 went top-down first, which in hindsight was the wrong call because I ended up with a number so big it felt meaningless.” 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 went straight into feature ideas and only circled back to metrics when they pushed me.” 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 went straight into user segments and core use cases, which felt right at the time.” 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.