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Google Software Engineer interview for a PhD ML-focused role with spam-classifier design

GoogleSoftware Engineer · Jul 2026

I interviewed for a PhD SWE, ML-focused role, and the first real test came in the first interview round. It combined an ML domain section with behavioral questions. In the ML part, I was asked to design a spam classifier and write pseudocode for a bi-gram model. My recruiter had told me the domain round would connect to my projects, but the questions were more design-focused than I expected. When…

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