RejectedOnsite

Conflicting Spreadsheet Instructions and a Stressful Onsite

GoogleSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Onsite · Jul 2026

I interviewed for Applied AI. I don't know why a senior-level interview had only two coding rounds and one system-design round. Questions: Coding 1: Spreadsheet, implementing set_cell / get_cell. Coding 2: Google Shop System design: A customer-service system where users talk to a virtual agent and can escalate to a human. The recruiter's feedback was that, of the three rounds, Coding 1 and system…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.