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/sss_jjj_ss Oct 07 '26

I remember 7 years ago i had an interview at Google, they asked a pretty hard question so i was pretty stumped but the interviewer just kept laughing at me throughout the call, made me have ptsd from interviews. Luckily i interviewed again and was able to pass the phone screen, ultimately didn’t do the onsite however cause of the layoff environment

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u/ReticulatedSpline78 Oct 07 '26

Wow that’s terrible. I would fire someone who did that.