I interviewed for Google's L4 SWE position last December.

YOE: 3.8

Time Line

Phone Screen:

(Via Referrel) October 2025
Simple knapsack DP variation - able to solve with memoization but no time for tabulation.

Onsite

December 2025

Round 1 (DSA)

Similar to Designing Orderbook/Auction system (bid price and execute lowest bid)

Round 2 (DSA)

Variant of Merge Intervals and Overlapping Intervals (Line Sweep & Priority Queue)

Round 3 (Googlyness)

Standard behavioural Questions

Team Matching

January 2026
Recruiter told me feedback for R1 and R2 were strong and for R3 it's neutral. Recruiter decided to move forward.

Verdict

February 2026
Recruiter told me Hiring managers were not showing interest for my profile and so will be closing the loop and not moving forward. Sent multiple followup mails for waiting 2 more months to increase chance, but no reply from recruiter. Application moved to Not proceeding in the jobs portal, but didn't get the rejection mail.

Never seen such a scenario before in leetcode discussion.