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Rejected, Then an R1 Invite Two Weeks Later

GoogleSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026

I got the referral from a friend for the SWE III role. Three days after I applied I was already rejected — but then two weeks later the recruiter suddenly sent me an R1 invite, so I went ahead and did the interview. Coding — no self-introduction, straight into the problem. The question was roughly: given a graph where every edge has a safety value, and a given safety threshold, find the minimum s…

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