Technical Screen

Three Technical Rounds and Googleyness

GoogleSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Feb 2026

First round: Technical interview Question: Add and search for words in a Trie. Because I had limited preparation time, I mainly reviewed common topics such as graph theory and dynamic programming, but I did not cover Tries. The problem was roughly about adding and searching for words. A Trie supports fast word lookup because of its tree structure, and the return behavior needed attention. I told…

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