Interview
Questions
Google Software Engineer Behavioral Interview
Behavioral and collaboration questions for Google SWE interviews 2025. Focus on Googleyness, teamwork, leadership without authority, and communication skills.
Tell me about a successful team project you contributed to. What was your role?
Describe a situation where your team faced a tight deadline. How did you collaborate to meet it?
Give an example of a time when you helped a struggling team member. What did you do?
Describe a time when you had to work with someone whose work style was very different from yours. How did you handle it?
Walk me through how you would approach solving a problem you have never encountered before.
What tools, technologies, or methods do you use to stay organized and productive?
Tell me about a time you had to explain something technical to a non-technical audience.
Describe a technical concept from your field that you find particularly interesting. Why?
How do you build trust with teammates you have never met in person?
How have you used AI tools to improve your personal productivity?
How do you stay current with rapidly evolving AI technologies?
Tell me about a system you designed that failed to scale. What did you learn?
Describe a time you had to make a trade-off between performance and maintainability.
How do you handle disagreements during architecture or design reviews?
Tell me about a time you had to refactor or rewrite a system you originally designed.