---
id: google-2
company: google
role: fullstack
level: staff
outcome: withdrew
year: 2023
source: curated
summary: >-
  5-round staff fullstack process. Coding-heavy early, design and behavioral
  later.
---
# Staff Full-stack — Google

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> 5-round staff fullstack process. Coding-heavy early, design and behavioral later.

**5 rounds · 9 questions**

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## Round 1 · DSA / Coding
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_Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor._

| Question | Difficulty | Tags | Practice |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Word ladder — shortest transformation sequence. | 🔴 Hard | `bfs` `graph` | [LC](https://leetcode.com/problems/word-ladder/) · [GfG](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/search/?gq=Word%20ladder%20%E2%80%94%20shortest%20transformation%20sequence) |
| Daily temperatures. | 🟡 Medium | `stack` `monotonic-stack` | [LC](https://leetcode.com/problems/daily-temperatures/) · [GfG](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/search/?gq=Daily%20temperatures) |
| Longest consecutive sequence. | 🟡 Medium | `hashmap` `array` | [LC](https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-consecutive-sequence/) · [GfG](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/search/?gq=Longest%20consecutive%20sequence) |

## Round 2 · System Design
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_High-level architecture of a large-scale system._

| Question | Difficulty | Tags | Practice |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Design a URL shortener like TinyURL. | 🟡 Medium | `hashing` `cache` `sharding` | [GfG](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/search/?gq=Design%20a%20URL%20shortener%20like%20TinyURL) · [Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=Design%20a%20URL%20shortener%20like%20TinyURL) |
| Design a real-time collaborative editor (client side). | 🔴 Hard | `frontend` `crdt` `realtime` | [GfG](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/search/?gq=Design%20a%20real-time%20collaborative%20editor%20(client%20side)) · [Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=Design%20a%20real-time%20collaborative%20editor%20(client%20side)) |

## Round 3 · Low-Level Design
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_Object-oriented / low-level design of a focused module._

| Question | Difficulty | Tags | Practice |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Design a logging library with levels and sinks. | 🟡 Medium | `oop` | [GfG](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/search/?gq=Design%20a%20logging%20library%20with%20levels%20and%20sinks) · [Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=Design%20a%20logging%20library%20with%20levels%20and%20sinks) |

## Round 4 · Hiring Manager
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_Scope, ownership, and role-fit discussion with the manager._

| Question | Difficulty | Tags |
| --- | --- | --- |
| How do you give difficult feedback to a peer? | — | `leadership` |

## Round 5 · Behavioral / HR
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_Values, collaboration, and past-experience (STAR) questions._

| Question | Difficulty | Tags |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Describe a time you improved a process or tool for your team. | — | `ownership` `star` |
| When did you have to make a decision with incomplete data? | — | `judgment` `star` |

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