Google Software Engineer Interview Experience: Median of two sorted arrays and autocomplete design

Google·Software Engineer·Reported Jul 2026
Technical ScreenOfferEasy

I expected the technical rounds to be tougher, but the interview felt much easier than I thought it would. The first main question was finding the median of two sorted arrays, and I got through it fairly quickly. Then the conversation moved to a system-design problem about building autocomplete for a search engine.

The coding questions were written in a shared document rather than an editor where I could run and test code. That forced me to be careful with the logic because I could not execute it on the spot.

Even with that limitation, the process felt smooth. I kept my momentum and came out excited. I received an offer, but chose to decline it.

Location: United States. Overall feedback: positive. Offer status: got offer.

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Company
Google
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
Technical Screen
Outcome
Offer
Difficulty
Easy
Date
Reported Jul 2026

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