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Google · Software Engineer · Senior
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Nov 1
In Progress
Overall Experience
A Google L5 onsite with two coding rounds and an AI token rate-limiter design round. The candidate's request to switch the onsite to a virtual onsite was declined.
3 rounds
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Posted by interviewdInterview Process (3 rounds)
Round 1 of 3: Coding / DSA
60 min
Question 1
MediumMatrix dump: the next cell must be smaller than cur or prev.
Experience
The suggested approach was DFS, optimized with DP. The main challenge was representing the state.
60 min
Question 1
MediumA coding problem similar to LeetCode 354. The prompt details were not reported.
Experience
The candidate's approach and outcome were not reported.
60 min
Question 1
MediumDesign an AI token rate limiter whose limits apply to output tokens. The design must handle the case where the final request does not have enough remaining tokens.
Experience
The candidate noted the limits apply to output tokens, which is why an insufficient remaining allowance for the final request matters. Other aspects were described as not particularly special.
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