Google Software Engineer Swe II interview questions
based on 75 ratings - Updated Jun 29, 2026
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Software Engineer Swe II applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA) in May 2026
Interview
Day 1: Phone screen leetcode and behavioral round
Results came within an hour
Day 2: 3 rounds, 2 LC and 1 system design. Design: Metrics ingestion system
Results took a week
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given some job intervals (start and end times), assign intervals to schedulers that can process them. Assume that you have unlimited number of schedulers. Find the minimum number of schedulers needed to fulfill this system
Follow up questions like what is the maximum number of schedulers that are occupied at any point in time.
You have a jammed keyboard where a key can get tyoed multiple times when you press it. You also have a dictionary of good words. Given a word, find match in dictionary. Given word caannoon, dictionary: [canon, can,]
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Waterloo, ON) in May 2025
Interview
The process went well but Google had hiring freeze so didn't proceed further. Initial interview was passed, I was moved to the next stage and introduced to a second recruiter. However, this is where I heard from them for the last time.
It was great, DSA rounds focused heavily! Overall 4-6 rounds expected and last round for projects, It was hasd DSA round, focused on graphs dp and advanced topics. Focus on DSA and DSA and DSA