Google New Grad Software Engineer interview questions
Updated 27 May 2026
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Sept 2024
Interview
Interview process for New Grad SDE at Google consisted of 4 rounds — 3 DSA rounds and 1 behavioral round. The technical interviews focused mainly on coding problems related to heaps, stacks, and dynamic programming, with discussions around approach, optimization, and time complexity. The behavioral round was based on teamwork, past projects, and communication. Overall, the experience was smooth and the interviewers were friendly and supportive.
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Question 1
Heap, Stack, DP = DSA
Behavioral = past project, how do you handle pressure when there's deadline,
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a colleague
1 coding assessment. If you pass, you get to the final round which consists of 4 rounds in one day. 3 technical and one behavioral. The algorithms I had was BFS, Min heaps, and backtracking(parentheses)
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Had applied in October25', got an OA in December 25'.
R1 was scheduled on early 2nd week of January 26', consisting of 1 leetcode style round and 1 behavioural round, both 45 minutes.
R2 was on last week of January and was onsite, both 45 minutes of leetcode style questions.