Google New Grad R1: Unspecified Graph Variation and Behavioral Questions

Role: Software Engineer, New Grad
Result: Final outcome not disclosed
Report time: November 2025

Coding interview

The candidate received a graph problem with a small modification. They described the algorithm as manageable, but the source does not preserve the graph model, input, goal, output, or modification.

Several commenters asked for the actual prompt, but no author clarification was posted. No exact practice question can be linked without inventing the core task.

Behavioral interview

Questions included:

• A conflict
• Influencing other people
• What to do when another person takes the candidate's credit

Both interviewers were Chinese men, and the candidate hoped the two R1 sessions would be enough to advance.