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Google · Software Engineer · Mid-Level
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Nov 1
Rejected
Overall Experience
A Google Sunnyvale onsite for an L4 software engineering role with two coding rounds. The first combined a DFS and object-oriented design problem about nested variable expansion with cycle detection, and the second was a variation of a word-distance problem with a class-design follow-up. The process ended in a no-hire decision citing communication.
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Posted by interviewdInterview Process (2 rounds)
Round 1 of 2: Coding / DSA
60 min
Question 1
MediumA DFS and object-oriented design question. The candidate had to design a database storage system and a string-replacement class that replaces every variable name in a string with its value, including nested variable references, and account for the possibility of cycles.
Experience
The key point was handling possible cycles. The candidate's solution details were not reported.
60 min
Question 1
MediumA variation of LeetCode 243. The follow-up asked the candidate to write a class implementing several methods, such as checking whether two words are anagrams.
Experience
The candidate reported solving the question and all follow-ups optimally.
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