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Google · Software Engineer · Mid-Level
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Nov 1
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Overall Experience
A Google L4 phone screen with one coding problem about redistributing numbers across rows so that each row is sorted with no duplicates, including a check for the impossible case. The phone screen then covered behavioral questions about conflict and mistakes.
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Posted by interviewdInterview Process (1 rounds)
Round 1 of 1: Coding / DSA
60 min
Question 1
MediumRearrange Houses in Neighborhoods: given a two-dimensional array of houses, redistribute the numbers so that each row keeps its length, is sorted in ascending order, and contains no duplicates. If this is not possible, return the original input.
Experience
The described solution used a frequency map and a max heap, assigned numbers with higher frequencies to different rows first, and sorted each row. The main point to handle was the impossible case.
Question 2
MediumGoogliness behavioral questions about conflict and about mistakes. The specific prompts were not reported.
Experience
The round was described as the usual behavioral questions with nothing unusual.
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