!process 3rd google interview i didn't totally bomb out ig

[maiden lake]

Goat

[wanton furnace]

was one of urs good?

[maiden lake]

Bro both of my interviwers were no shows

[rocky girder]

when did you interview

[wanton furnace]

oh no, one of mine was but we got it rescheduled that day itself

but yeah super unprosffesional

[spark plinth]

@grand steeple how did the first two go relative to each other? goodluck

[maiden lake]

Students r prolly more busy than them balancing part time jobs and school and they r tryna ego us

[spark plinth]

were you able to pick times or did they throw one at you ?

[maiden lake]

Yeah next week

[wanton furnace]

nah u can pick times

[wanton furnace]

true

[spark plinth]

okay thats good I hate places that recschule and throw a time at you

[spark plinth]

did you finish the loop ?

[wanton furnace]

i will say Google atleast for me has been super responsive

[maiden lake]

i deserve a lc easy js cuz of this

[near topaz]

How long after interview?

[wanton furnace]

i got an invite for third interview

planning to take it this week

[spark plinth]

so many ppls doing third makin me nervous 😭

how were yours relative to each other ?

[wanton furnace]

yeah it’s either rejects or third

[wanton furnace]

oh i completely bombed my first interview

I couldn’t understand the guy at all

not one word

[spark plinth]

😭

[near topaz]

rly I thought hella people got tm?

[wanton furnace]

then I wrote an email to my recruiter saying get me an additional interview cause wtf was this

but it’s def cause I bombed first and did good in the second

[low jolt]

Yall I solved my second one but I needed a good amount of hints and I got to the follow up but I lowkey didn’t understand so I had to make him repeat himself like 3x. Am I cooked. I did really well on the first one btw

[wanton furnace]

yeah some people have got it but from what I’ve heard mainly third interviews

[wanton furnace]

SAME

[low jolt]

😭😭

[grand steeple]

yeah first guy was really chill but second guy literally had it out for me w/ the problem he gave

[wanton furnace]

I had to make him repeat atleast 5 times

[low jolt]

I don’t wanna relate wtf

[wanton furnace]

And then asked him to write down his question

so yeah it was cooked

but I still didn’t get rejected after that horrible round

[low jolt]

Did u implement the question tho

[wanton furnace]

so there’s hope

[low jolt]

R u junior

[wanton furnace]

yes

[wanton furnace]

yes

[low jolt]

Bruh I’m cooked

[proven relic]

I had mine yesterday, did good on the first but not too good on the second (same as you lol)

[low jolt]

I’m Junior too but I don’t want to do a third 😭

[proven relic]

hopefully I have a third itv

[low jolt]

But how well did yall do on the first one

Are u guys dc

[wanton furnace]

I don’t think I am

[proven relic]

when did u hear back to get the 3rd one?

[wanton furnace]

in like 3 days

business days

[low jolt]

Bruh

[wanton furnace]

depends on ur interviewer and recruiter

how fast they give feedback

[grand steeple]

first question was pretty simple imo, the follow up was using a heap and knowing why to use it over sorting, second one I thought was like a lc hard sliding window. also ty

[low jolt]

Did u guys write thank u emails to ur interviewers

[grand steeple]

yeah like 3 business days

[maiden lake]

how did u guys prep? im tryna maximize my studying since i got another chance at this

[wanton furnace]

nope

[low jolt]

I got dfs tree and array

[grand steeple]

nope

[wanton furnace]

I completely forgot their names

[grand steeple]

bro i would kill for dfs

[low jolt]

Guys :((((

[wanton furnace]

except the guy with the thick accent I remmeebr his

[low jolt]

Yeah I got lucky

[low jolt]

Who 😭😭😭😭

[wanton furnace]

tm doesn’t even start until like December so we have time

[wanton furnace]

sean zhang

[low jolt]

None of them said good job to me either

LMAOOO

[wanton furnace]

DID U GET HIM TOO

[low jolt]

No I got Asian guy named Nathan

[wanton furnace]

oh

[wanton furnace]

one of them did for me

he was super nice

[low jolt]

Yeah my first one is really nice

[proven relic]

same

[river mural]

what were ur recruiter's initials? @wanton furnace

[wanton furnace]

AR

[river mural]

when was ur 2nd intv?

[wanton furnace]

last thursday

both of them were back to back

[low jolt]

Mine is LB

I did mine today

[wanton furnace]

ohh so chill I’ve heard people who thought they didn’t do that great, get into team matching

I thought I was gonna get a rejection 😭

[low jolt]

But I’ve been seeing a lot of people who said they did decent but get rejected. Granted they’re sophomores but

[wanton furnace]

I think the second guy saved me

yeah

so my friend works at Google

[willow parcel]

If you don't solve the problem are u fish fried

[low jolt]

Are u guys prev step

[wanton furnace]

apparently if you get a LEAN hire feedback and a strong hire

you get third interview

[wanton furnace]

nope

[low jolt]

??? Really

What’s stupid af

When I interviewed for step I bombed both of mine

[wanton furnace]

oh shi

[cosmic nebula]

is this true?

[wanton furnace]

just believe

[willow parcel]

Did anyone have a referral

[river mural]

Do they take longer to respond if its a rej?

[grand steeple]

dc

[willow parcel]

My referral got an email saying tech was onsite

[wanton furnace]

again im not sure don’t quote me on it

but this is what a guy who is an engineer said at Google

America

[willow parcel]

But mine says virtual lol

[wanton furnace]

it’s caulked an onsite interview

[willow parcel]

Idk his also said in person apparently

[wanton furnace]

but it’s not really in person

[low jolt]

Guys 🙁

[modest storm]

i interviewed on friday, still waiting atp

[wanton furnace]

oh shi

[willow parcel]

Think it's just some mistake

[low jolt]

Hi

[digital knoll]

do ygs think lc tagged matters for google?

[wanton furnace]

yumi chill just believe

[wanton furnace]

nope

[low jolt]

nah I ain’t tryna do a third interview

[modest storm]

i need to achieve inner peace

[low jolt]

when’s urs

[spark plinth]

not really you just have to genuinely be able to approach new problems and see a solution fast

[wanton furnace]

I filled up my dates through the scheduling email but no confirmation yet

[hard trellis]

do they past the question into the document or say it verablly?

[wanton furnace]

im hoping this Friday

[light raft]

can u share what u wrote

also need a third round maye LOL

[low jolt]

Depends I got both

[light raft]

i think igot LH / LH or LH / H

[wanton furnace]

I don’t think my email helped it all depends on the feedback

I def think I was SH/LH

[rough fiber]

I have the same recruiter, how long did you hear back after 2nd interview?

[light raft]

oh gg

[low jolt]

Bruh what

How did u do so well

[light raft]

less than 5% get SH

[wanton furnace]

3 business days

[wanton furnace]

AGAIN IDK

BUT I GOT REALLY GOOD FEEEDBACK

in the end

[spark plinth]

what is SH

[wanton furnace]

strong hire

[spark plinth]

o

[willow parcel]

Do they just email u feedbac

[light raft]

wdym

[willow parcel]

Or like tell u there

[light raft]

like he told u that u did good?

[low jolt]

They don’t tell u anything dawg

[wanton furnace]

he basically said he loved how I communicated and approached the problem and I was someone he could see himself working with

like bro glazed me

😭

[light raft]

wtf

[spark plinth]

i yapped to my interviewer for like 45 minutes after the technical 😭

[light raft]

wtf

[low jolt]

wtf rlly

[willow parcel]

Bruh what did u solve it in like 5 min 😭

[wanton furnace]

it depends on the interviewer

[digital knoll]

💀 maybe this is the move lol

[low jolt]

LMFAOOOO

[spark plinth]

no i spent the whole time we went like 45 mins overboard

[low jolt]

That’s crazy

[willow parcel]

Dang

[low jolt]

They don’t wanna work if

[small ingot]

anyone got recruiter initial a c

[wanton furnace]

yeah same we went like 20 mins overboard

[modest storm]

i finished both of my interviewers like 15 mins early

[willow parcel]

I don't think I can do that mine are back to back

[low jolt]

yall are cracked im screwed byebye

[light raft]

yea

[willow parcel]

Same I'm cooked bro

[light raft]

ck

[wanton furnace]

if we were cracked we would be in tm bro

🫩🫩

fuckass third interview 😭

[light raft]

fuck i need a thir dinterview

[small ingot]

a c better not be the bearer of bad news

[modest storm]

you just heard back?

[light raft]

no

i interviwed today

[hard trellis]

did any of ygs interviewers ask why google or ab your resume? or basically any questions outside of tell me about yourself

[light raft]

but i didnt do that well

[modest storm]

oh what happened

[wanton furnace]

nope

there was just an intro

[spark plinth]

i have my 2nd in 45 mins I think it all depends on it 💀

[wanton furnace]

goodluck!!

[willow parcel]

Good luck u got it

[modest storm]

gl

[digital knoll]

good luck

[spark plinth]

i wonder if they make a third interview harder? or if its kinda the same up to interviewer discretion

[light raft]

• missed edge cases in r2, but i talked about them at the end and what we'd do if we hit the edge caes --> maybe LH?
• interview started 5 mins late (intros) and cut me off 5 mins early (she wanted to save time for questions)

[wanton furnace]

apparently the third interviewer doesn’t know it’s ur third interview, they just know it’s just one of ur interviews

[light raft]

• solved question in r1, but had some bugs i think
• he said i did good and that i explained stuff well, maybe LH?

i think im cooked either way

[spark plinth]

ah that's good to know

[wanton furnace]

This isn’t bad

[modest storm]

you did the whole template where you asked clarifying questions and made test cases right

[digital knoll]

bro i think him saying u did good prolly a LH

[wanton furnace]

if you communicated well ur good

[light raft]

yeah

[tranquil minnow]

wait so can ppl pass to tm with only two interviews?

[light raft]

i solved both of them, second had no bugs besdies teh missing edge cases which i talked abt

[modest storm]

yeah if you cook on the first two you can go direct to tm

[proven relic]

yep

[opaque apex]

how would u suggest prepping? im focusing to get good at concepts, and going through the materials google sent, but as for practicing questions idk where to begin ngl (i started leetcoding like two weeks ago 😭)
interview in a week!
(anyone feel free to give tips, pls, much appreciated!!)

[light raft]

i might ask for a third round myself just to be safe

[tranquil minnow]

u can do that?

lol

[modest storm]

i do not want to subject myself to the whims of the random interview question bank during a 3rd interview

[light raft]

someone ik asked last yr and got it, but i think they had SH (or maybe H) in r2 and LH or LNH in r1

[wanton furnace]

im surprised Google doesn’t have so much rounds compared to other big tech

[light raft]

i think i got LH and LH

[tranquil minnow]

so all the LH, SH stuff is assuming right?

[modest storm]

most tech is just oa -> final for interns

[wanton furnace]

a third interview?

[light raft]

yes

[modest storm]

i wonder if team managers can view my application results

considering that your interview scores are shown to them during team match

[spark plinth]

im surprused lh + lh will lead to a 3rd int

[wanton furnace]

yes they can

[light raft]

yeah if i got lh and lh then im cooked for sure

[digital knoll]

but its big tech tho makes sense lol

[light raft]

if lh and h then maybe saveable

[modest storm]

my main concerns are with my first interviewer

i didnt phrase my first clarifying question right so i took a moment to reread the question and re-ask

also spent 3 mins misunderstanding a suggestion on how to optimize my solution

[digital knoll]

i think as long as u asked thats still ok?

[modest storm]

and didnt provide time/space complexity because wasnt asked for it

[wanton furnace]

as long as you fixed your problem it’s okay

[grand steeple]

i mean i took like 6 minutes completely misunderstanding the problem and ended up fine

[light raft]

what do u guys think i got in my R2 if i solved fully / optimally

[digital knoll]

what do ygs think of this, it think its a good idea so then u dont end up sounding like a bot lol

[modest storm]

i think for that question it was kinda hard to do worse than O(n) anyway

[digital knoll]

i think ur chillin if you atleast talked about what you wouldve done?

[cosmic nebula]

what do u think u get for ur two round, lh and lh?

[light raft]

yeah i said what we would have to do and what the edge case was

[low jolt]

i feel like i got H / LNH 😭 lol

[modest storm]

you'd probably get a 3rd interview

[light raft]

u got offer? what do u tink ur ratings were

[grand steeple]

first interview was prolly SH bc i finished like 10 minutes early and was making conversation about college w/ the guy, second prolly LNH/LH? i solved the first q but I choked on the follow up and he prolly realized he asked too hard of a question for my little brain

[grand steeple]

nah 3rd interview

[light raft]

oh SH

yeah we are not the same

i prob got LH / H at most

[modest storm]

for my first interview my interviewer had an insane difficulty spike followup but he told me "i dont expect interns to solve this, but you can take a stab at it if you want"

i outlined a guess at the solution but i didnt actually write anything

[tranquil minnow]

are these like lc hard type of problems?

[low jolt]

bruh u prolly did good then

[tranquil minnow]

or are there doable like mid level

[grand steeple]

i'd say doable mid level

[cosmic nebula]

for ur second interview, is the first question is like easy lc right

then follow up is hard

[spark plinth]

luck man I know ppl with hards and ppl with pretty trivial mediums

[digital knoll]

wait how many qs per interview are yall getting???

[tranquil minnow]

so interivewrs don't know if it's ur first or second interview, so the diffulcty level should be similar

[cosmic nebula]

its a easy one with a hard follow up

[modest storm]

i got lucky on my 2 interview questions

i hope i dont get a hard one if i get a 3rd

[tranquil minnow]

ig it's similar difficulty and luck if interviewrs don't know which interview ur tkaing

[grand steeple]

pretty much, but the problem statement itself was sorta medium bc one follow up was asking about optimizing an API

[cosmic nebula]

were u able to propose solution for the hard followup

[grand steeple]

follow up was more like medium but i was able to implement it easily

idk it felt like that interview was asking more about domain knowledge of swe in general than LC

[cosmic nebula]

so u solved it all? how is it a lnh then

[grand steeple]

oh shit i thought you said first

[cosmic nebula]

oh yeah I meant second one

[grand steeple]

mb

i solved the first easy one and could not solve the follow up at all without him spoon feeding me the brute force

i didnt even get to code it

[cosmic nebula]

I see

[grand steeple]

it really felt like he was trying to help me by repeatedly asking me for the brute force time complexity bc i couldnt think of an optimal solution

if you were nonchalant abt it then i think it's chill

[modest storm]

they wont count against you if you find errors while doing a dryrun and fix it

[spark plinth]

even if the dry run you were confused its fine if you explaiing what was wrong and fixed it in the end

[hoary totem]

what do u guys think about an interview where u run through optimal solution correctly but arent able to code it up on time (got most of it) say like 80% and most of the main logic

[spark plinth]

if the interviewer understands that you know the optimal and why then you're 👍

at least if you commented the logic or filled in TODOs where it was left and what was required **

[hoary totem]

would that be a hire or lean hire

[spark plinth]

who knows

[hoary totem]

nope no comments but i im pretty certain the interviewer knew my approach and we were communicating a lot

[spark plinth]

eh dont overthink it im sure it was a positive reflection of you than not

[hoary totem]

i mean really the oly thing left was the return statement and maybe one more line lol

[spark plinth]

I imagine you couldn't do a test case run

[hoary totem]

yeah i couldnt but we were talking through test cases while i was coding up the solution

they were a nice interviewer

[spark plinth]

was it 1st or 2nd /

[hoary totem]

2nd

[spark plinth]

how'd first go ?

[hoary totem]

1st i solved optimally on time i think

[wanton furnace]

I just got my third interview scheduled

And they added this now

You may see up to two Googlers shadowing your interview for training purposes. Not to fear—they are perfectly friendly! Please reach out to your recruiter with any questions or concerns.

😭😭😭

Did anyone have that’s

[spark plinth]

as if it couldn't get more nerveracking 😭

[low jolt]

its getting unserious now

[wanton furnace]

EXACTLY

AGH

[spark plinth]

hey how long after the 2nd did they reach out requesting a third ?

[wanton furnace]

three business days

[hoary totem]

so u interviewed friday?

[spark plinth]

thu

?

[wanton furnace]

I interviewed Thursday and I got email to reschedule yday

[spark plinth]

they quick

[wanton furnace]

yeah depends on the interviewer and recruiter honestly

[little sundial]

Following

[willow parcel]

How many lc solved do y'all have

[modest storm]

idk like 100

[willow parcel]

Yeah bru I got like 60 I might be cooked

10 is crazy u might be on some gifted shi

Ohh ok

[spark plinth]

rng atp

its always rng, the more you do the lower rng you make it

[willow parcel]

Yeah I just hope my algos class helps with understanding it was like all dp, graphs

[spark plinth]

yeah I mean thats highest yield apparently

[rough bay]

this thread is giving me anxiety

i have my 2 in a week

[willow parcel]

I believe in you bro

Usaco plat

[hard trellis]

you're usaco plat?

[rough bay]

LMFAO

facts bro

I am in fact not usaco plat

[hard trellis]

did yall get test cases provided by the interviewer or did you have to come up with your own?

[wanton furnace]

Provided by interviewer for me atleast

[wanton furnace]

^

[spark plinth]

one of them asked me to create them other one didnt

2nd question you kind of couldn't, didnt really matter

2nd one way way better for me its def rng

like easier

[inland mortar]

Is there a certain class of problem to focus on?

DP trees etc?

[spark plinth]

rng

[inland mortar]

Huge

And what was the average difficulty

Ez/med or med/hard

[light raft]

Med hard

[twilit snow]

Guys can someone please help me out with LC tagged questions of google please? I have an interview in a week so wanted to go through them

[light raft]

they dont ask tagged

they purposefully try not to

[spark plinth]

tagged didn’t help. mine were hard and easy respectively

[deep tulip]

Did they feedback to you right during the itv?

[digital knoll]

how long did it take to reschedule for when the interviewer didnt show up? 💀

[wanton furnace]

One of them did yes

[wanton furnace]

That day for me

[spark plinth]

for feedback do you mean how they assessed you, or like a "I think you did good" or "this is a good solution" ?

[wanton furnace]

He said in the end’ I really liked how this went, you communicated super super well during this whole interview and you’re someone I could see myself working with’

[cosmic nebula]

what score do u think u got for the two intv, sh and lh?

[digital knoll]

damn ur def LH/ SH

[wanton furnace]

I’m not sure one of them went not that good

At all

That’s why I got third

[cosmic nebula]

how is the LH looks like, did you implement it fully

[wanton furnace]

yep

[spark plinth]

def sh

[wanton furnace]

if I was strong hire they wouldn’t have sent me a third round 🫡

but im pretty sure other one fucked me up

[cosmic nebula]

wouldn't sh/lh be tm?

third round for that would be tough

[spark plinth]

i thought thats just up to the hiring comitee but idk

[wanton furnace]

yeah no one call tell

can*

let’s just pray my third goes good

but does anyone know if this negatively impact tm

like if they see that I needed a third, they wouldn’t think im a ‘strong candidate ‘

[cosmic nebula]

was both ur questions medium?

[wanton furnace]

yep medium-hard honestly

[spark plinth]

🙏 goodluck

[light raft]

What went wrong in ur first interview?

or the one that wasn’t H/SH

[wanton furnace]

Honestly a lot, I don’t think I understood what he was asking at all cause I didn’t understand his accent, I asked him to repeat like 5 times and every time he would ask a question I just wouldn’t know what to say cause idk what he was saying

so it was def between NH/LH

[light raft]

Ah i see

[light raft]

Did you solve the q optimally though?

For r1

[wanton furnace]

im gonna be completely honest i dont even know 😭 like i did solve the question based on what he asked but the follow ups I couldn’t at all

cause I didn’t understand at all

[wanton furnace]

But for the other one yes I did finish it optimally

And answered problems

[light raft]

😭

tbh all I’m hearing is that I’m cooked

R1 (LH?):

• dry ran examples and asked clarifying questions
• solved question in r1, but had some bugs i think. Ended up giving the correct time / space complexity.
• they said i did good and that i explained stuff well and my thought process was good, talked for like 5 mins after abt what they do and stuff
• pretty good communication imo

R2 (LH?):

• dry ran some examples before writing anything, asked clarifying questions
• solved r2 optimally (but i missed edge cases so ig not really optimal?). i talked about what the edge cases would be at the end though and what we'd do if we hit the edge cases —> so maybe LH?
• interview started 5 mins late (intros) and cut me off 5 mins early (they wanted to save time for questions), asked them abt what they do at deepmind and whatnot
• great communication overall imo, frequently checked in if things made sense, explained why i was typing what i was, no hints needed

I’m just hoping for a r3 atp

But i think im cooked

[cosmic nebula]

shouldn't ur r1 be a H?

doesnt seem like anything wrong

[light raft]

nah took me a lot of thinking even tho i was communicating

and also the bugs and stuff

he said it was good and that only minor changes were needed but still idt H

Prob LH at best

[cosmic nebula]

I think thats enough for a H, u came up on ur own

[light raft]

he worked in cloud so we were talking abt cloud stuff for a few mins after bc i had exp with cloud before and exchanged some laughs and giggles lol, but still LH prob

[cosmic nebula]

both are lc med?

[spark plinth]

this looks better than you make it. interviewer satisfaction matters in the end when they gave their rating

[light raft]

Yeah I’d say so

[cosmic nebula]

yeah honestly that can be h/h dude

[light raft]

Both were def lc med or potentially hard med levels

But i think def medium level on avg

not lc hard for sure

[spark plinth]

yeah can never know interviewers are random but I would be satisfied with this

my first was so fking hard and the 2nd one could have been a lc easy

[cosmic nebula]

how far did u get with the hard

[light raft]

My 2nd interviewer was stanford phd deepmind so i hope she was chill

[spark plinth]

I had done a simiar question before so I built the solution pretty iteratively, trying to remember each part

got to it in the end, and it was pretty accurate

[light raft]

Did u get offer

[spark plinth]

he only commented on like a couple lines of code saying "you can probably reduce this down a couple lines"

no still waiting gave it yesterday

[light raft]

You’re prob chilling

[spark plinth]

yeah dude it was the guy that gave me like 45 mins to ask questions after about google he was really cool

sometimes interviewers are really cool but also really harsh in assessments ig

[light raft]

I’m just hoping i get a r3 id be happy w that

if not TM

[normal marlin]

were the qs all graphs/trees? and was there dp ?

[light raft]

I had dp yeah

[normal marlin]

darn was it like dp in neetcode 150 kinda or no

ive only had 1 intv cuz they rescheduled my 2nd but my first was a maxheap prob which threw me off

[light raft]

Nah

It was a little more complex

Prob medium difficulty tho according to chatgpt

[digital knoll]

mine too lol

[harsh tendon]

bro everyone crashing out abt their third i have my first and second next week😭

[rough bay]

ya me too

[willow parcel]

Good luck yall

[normal marlin]

when did u get the 3rd interview inv? i just bombed my second one like i was probalby thinking about how to do the prob for like 30 min before even trying to code 😭 @wanton furnace

[wanton furnace]

I got it in like 3 business days

I have it tomorrow!

[normal marlin]

good luckkkk

[rough bay]

hey @wanton furnace I saw u got team matched, congrats! How was ur 3rd interview?

Like do the first 2 determine what the 3rd is like at all, in your experience?

[gilded solar]

do you need to solve follow up completely to be able to get TM? 1st interview went really well for me but for 2nd my interviewer agreed with approach but we ran out of time duirng implmentation

[harsh tendon]

nah if u talked abt it and they said ur fine ur prob fine

[hoary totem]

i had the same thing dud

still waiting for the result

lmk how it goes for u

[gusty citrus]

@yumi did you get any response?

[wintry spoke]

what role was this for

[light raft]

swe intern

got rejected after a few days

[wintry spoke]

at google or deepmind?

i thought deepmind only takes team specific roles

[light raft]

google

but my interviewer worked in deepmind

[wintry spoke]

ah okay