# Google Software Engineer Interview Questions Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/guides/google-software-engineer-interview/questions Source observed: 2026-11-04T22:21:43.158Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T22:21:43.158+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-05T20:01:04.144+00:00 --- # Google Software Engineer Interview Questions ![Google logo](https://exponent-static.s3.amazonaws.com/company_logos/google.png) We provide an interview-question directory for Google Software Engineer candidates. The page is part of our [Google Software Engineer (SWE) Interview Guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-software-engineer-interview) and focuses on questions shared by candidates. **Updated:** 6 days ago by Google candidates, as observed on 2026-11-04. ## Guide sections - [Expert guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-software-engineer-interview) - [Interview experiences — 50](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-software-engineer-interview/experiences) - **Questions — 214** - [Resumes — 250](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-software-engineer-interview/resumes) ## Trending Software Engineer interview questions at Google Use the **Category** and **Sort** controls to filter and order the list. Each question has a **Practice** action and a save control. “Has video answer” identifies questions with a video answer. The time labels and answer totals below are displayed with each entry. | Question | Link | Activity shown | Answers | |---|---|---:|---:| | What's your favorite product and why? *(Has video answer)* | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/20/favorite-product) | a month ago; +34 | 334 | | Why do you think we should not hire you? | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/4629/why-no-hire) | a year ago; +1 | 49 | | Tell me about a time you made a mistake. *(Has video answer)* | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/240/mistake) | 7 days ago; +28 | 117 | | Edit distance *(Has video answer)* | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/3891/edit-distance) | 4 months ago; +6 | 86 | | Design a birthday app. | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/4780/design-a-birthday-app) | 8 months ago; +2 | 41 | | Tell me about a time you disagreed with someone and how you resolved it. | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/1350/time-disagreed-someone-resolved) | a month ago; +9 | 71 | | Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone. How did you resolve it and what did you learn? | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/140/conflict-resolution-learning) | 18 days ago; +28 | 40 | | Design a system to log messages in order | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/4907/design-system-log-messages-in-order) | 2 months ago | 15 | | Design a trend aggregator. | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/7317/design-trend-aggregator-system) | 16 days ago | 1 | | Reverse a linked list. | [Open question](https://www.aced.io/questions/3247/reverse-linked-list) | 5 months ago; +10 | 100 | [See more questions →](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=google&role=swe&sortBy=hot) ## About Aced We are Aced, formerly Exponent. 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