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Google · Software Engineer · Senior

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Nov 1
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Overall Experience

A Google L5 phone screen round with a median-of-sorted-arrays coding problem, a follow-up with many inputs, and behavioral questions about a successful project, a teammate conflict, a changed view of a teammate, and the values sought in a next role. The candidate's result was not reported.
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Interview Process (1 rounds)

Round 1 of 1: Coding / DSA

60 min

Question 1

Medium
LeetCode 4, Median of Two Sorted Arrays: given two integer arrays nums1 and nums2, each sorted in nondecreasing order, return the median of all their elements combined. For an odd total count, return the middle element; for an even total, return the average of the two middle elements. The algorithm must run in O(log(m+n)) time, where m and n are the array lengths.
LeetCode equivalent

Experience

The candidate initially considered an approach related to LeetCode 295 and was given a hint.

Question 2

Medium
A follow-up involving many inputs, with multiway input handling similar to LeetCode 23. The prompt details were not reported.

Experience

The candidate's approach and outcome were not reported.

Question 3

Medium
A behavioral question about a successful project the candidate participated in. Prompt details beyond this topic were not reported.

Experience

The candidate's response was not reported.

Question 4

Medium
A behavioral question about a conflict with teammates. Prompt details beyond this topic were not reported.

Experience

The candidate's response was not reported.

Question 5

Medium
A behavioral question about a time the candidate's perception of a teammate changed from negative to positive. Prompt details beyond this topic were not reported.

Experience

The candidate's response was not reported.

Question 6

Medium
A behavioral question about the organizational or company values the candidate is looking for in the next role.

Experience

The candidate's response was not reported.
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