Google interview notes, page 173 of 215

“This one took me a minute to get my footing.” 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 rambled a bit here.” 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.

“BFS with a queue, pretty textbook.” 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.

“The interviewer spent way too long on the setup, probably 15 minutes just explaining the problem and probing theory.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to features and the interviewer kind of just waited.” 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 leaned into framing it around business impact first, then risk, then ask.” 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.

“This one tripped me up more than I expected.” 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 started with the classic 3x3 mental model and had to consciously reset when I realized n could be huge.” 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.

“Spent the first few minutes just trying to scope it, which I think was the right call but I probably over-indexed on clarifying questions and burned time.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Google, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was a sorted set and I immediately started going down that road before realizing find would be O(log n) at best.” 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.