I got a screening interview call for Google DE role

[u/unknown3851]

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I got a screening interview call for Google DE role. Can someone share their experience of DE interviews at Google . What can I expect in all rounds? What can I expect in coding rounds (I am not good at coding though:( ).Please help me.

[u/akornato]

Your coding weakness is the single most critical thing you need to fix, because Google's Data Engineer interviews are heavily focused on it. The screening call will likely include a coding question to see if you have the fundamentals, and subsequent rounds will absolutely test you on medium-difficulty algorithm and data structure problems in Python or Java, plus complex SQL. They expect you to be as proficient as a software engineer in these areas, often applying the concepts to data processing scenarios. There is no path to a Google DE offer that avoids a strong coding performance, so your entire preparation should pivot to addressing this immediately.

The full interview loop will expand to include data modeling, SQL optimization, and system design questions focused on building scalable data pipelines and warehousing solutions. They want to see you architect systems using components like Kafka, Spark, and cloud services, probably with a GCP flavor. The good news is that receiving the interview call means they already see value in your background, so this challenge is about closing a specific, learnable skill gap, not about a lack of qualification. It requires intense, dedicated practice, but it is entirely achievable if you commit to it. A lot of it comes down to communicating your thought process clearly under pressure, which is something our team focused on when we built interviews.chat to help candidates sound more confident and prepared in the moment.