Google interview notes, page 97 of 215

“Classic problem but I still fumbled the edge case where one interval completely swallows the next.” 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 problem statement itself takes a while to parse.” 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 started with the brute force and they let me finish it, then immediately asked what happens when N and Q are both a million.” 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 user pain points which felt right, but I spent way too long on the obvious stuff like wait times and button interfaces.” 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.

“Got through it fine and had something close to the optimal approach ready for the follow-up too.” 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.

“My first instinct was recursion but I pivoted to a stack approach mid-explanation which probably looked a bit shaky.” 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 question is a beast because it's really like six questions wrapped in one.” 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.

“My first instinct was to frame it as a conflict to resolve, which felt wrong pretty fast.” The rest of the author's notes on Product 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.

“I froze for a second because the question is so wide open it almost feels like a trick.” 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.

“Classic fermi estimation.” 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.