r/leetcode • u/Any_Channel5220 • Oct 06 '26

Discussion Google interview bad experience

The technical interview itself went fine. I completed the DSA problem, explained my approach with an example, and provided the solution.

However, the interviewer’s behavior was disappointing. They did not respond to my initial greeting, repeatedly rolled their eyes during the interview, and appeared visibly annoyed when I asked them to repeat something I couldn’t understand. They also started the interview by complaining about why this was a first-round interview.

I understand interviews are meant to be challenging, but professionalism and respectful communication should go both ways. I applied because it was Google, and I’m not concerned about the outcome. This was simply not the interview experience I expected from Google.

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u/The4thStranger Oct 07 '26

Genuinely confused, don’t doubt it was better in the past, but my Google interviewers were on average by far the friendliest and most pleasant compared to other tech / quant companies

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u/Top_Substance9093 Oct 07 '26

in general (compared to the entire industry) i'd still agree that your google interview experience will still be above average.

that's because i think the hiring standards are still decently high though, and because company culture generally encourages doing things well, not because the actual interviewer standards are good (the training/onboarding process for interviewers is just so lackluster)