Advice for Upcoming Google SWE Interview (New Grad)

Hey everyone,

I have a Google interview coming up in 3 weeks for a New Grad SWE role, and I’d love some advice on how to best structure my prep from now until then.

So far, I’ve solved a little over 100 LeetCode questions and have gotten familiar with most of the common patterns. After learning a bit from Taro, I’ve adjusted my approach to focus on:

• Always identifying the pattern and connecting it to similar problems

• Writing at least 5+ test cases

• Solving each question in under 20 minutes

• Thinking through multiple possible solutions

Biggest struggles right now:

• Tracing code in Google Docs (I get confused or lose track easily)

• Overlooking edge cases—I usually only catch them after hitting “submit”

• Not very confident that my code actually works.

Also, the interview prep material covers topics I’m not too confident in, like probability, some advanced algorithms, OS concepts, object-oriented design, and behavioral questions. I know I need to spend time reviewing those as well.

How would you recommend I split my time across technical practice, studying concepts, and behavioral prep over the next 3 weeks? Any tips would be appreciated!