Google interview notes, page 85 of 215

“I went in thinking I'd just list a few things like peeking at results early and calling it a day.” 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.

“My first instinct was a sorted list and binary search for neighbors, which is the right direction, but I fumbled on the 'keep removing until none left' loop.” 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 is a deceptively wide question.” 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.

“The one-input constraint is what makes this interesting and also where I got a bit turned around.” 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.

“Took me longer than it should have to recognize this as a binary search on the answer problem.” 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 spent the first few minutes trying to figure out whether they wanted a PM-style answer or an actual architecture breakdown.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager 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.

“Nailed the first half, talked about traffic filtering and blocking unauthorized access, felt good.” 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 is the kind of question where you can spiral fast if you don't anchor on what you're actually optimizing for.” 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 is a beast of a question and I did not treat it like one at first.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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.

“This one has a lot of surface area and I think I spread myself too thin.” 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.