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      Software Engineer PhD Interview

      1 Oct 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Austin, TX

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      PhD Software Engineer Interview

      20 Jan 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview
      No offer
      Positive experience
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      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Austin, TX) in Oct 2014

      Interview

      Applied online on August 2014. Contacted by a recruiter on early September 2014, telling me there were two technical phone screens. I chose early October to do the interviews since I required extra time to prepare for my PhD proposal defense at the end of September. The first interview went relatively smoothly. The interviewer asked basic Python questions like what list comprehension is; what the time complexity of a very algorithm. Then he asked me to write some simple modules. I think anyone who are familiar with computer science could do it in minutes. The second interviewer did not call me in time so we rescheduled for another day in the same week. The interviewer asked me a trial algorithm question in the first round; then he extend it to a general case which required candidate must have a deep understanding of recursion. I did not make it within the time limit. Overall, it's a great experience.

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      Question 1

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      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2025

      Interview

      One or two rounds of virtual interviewing including behavioral, research discussion, and technical interview. Then was flown out to one of their campuses for two in-person interviews including a technical interview and a research discussion. I was rejected after this phase but the next steps would have included meetings with team leaders for team placement.

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      14 July 2025
      Anonymous employee
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      I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Google in June 2025

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      Smooth and nice. Interviewers were listening and engaging. The recruiter is helpful and informative. First round: One phone interview. Second round: Three technical interviews and one BQ interview, scheduled over two days, all remote.

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      Got one question on mono-stack, one on binary search, one on binary tree traverse, and one one dynamic programing
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      PhD Software Engineer Interview

      8 Dec 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
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      Neutral experience
      Average interview

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      I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Feb 2024

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      The interviewer called while I was working on a Google Doc. Initially, I was stuck. During the conversation, he provided helpful hints, and at the end, I was allowed to ask any questions.

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