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thenext-generation technologies that change how millions of users connect,explore and interact withinformation and one another.As a SWE,you'll be responsible for the whole lifecycle of a project critical toGoogle's needs,with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business growand evolve.Depending upon the project you join,you could be involved in research,design,planning,architecture,development,test,implementation and release phases.You'll be working on products thathandle information at a massive scale,bringing fresh ideas from all areas and tackling new problems acrossthe full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.  \nWhat to Expect?Interview topics may cover anything on your resume,whiteboard coding questions,building and developing complex algorithms and analyzing their performance characteristics,logicproblems,system design and core computer science principles(hash tables,stacks,arrays,etc.).ComputerScience fundamentals are a prerequisite forall engineering roles at Google due to the complexities andglobal scale of the projects you'll work on.  \nWhy Google?Impact.Google is and always will be an engineering company.We hire people with a broadset of technical skills who are ready to tackle some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impacton millions,if notbilions,of users.At Google,engineers not only revolutionize search,they routinely work onmassive scalability and storage solutions,large-scale applications and develop entirely new platformsaround the world.From AdWords to Chrome,Android to YouTube,Cloud to Maps,Google engineers arechanging the world one technological achievement after another.  \n# General Interview Tips\n\nExplain:We want to understand how you think,so explain your thought process and decision makingthroughout the interview.Remember we're not only evaluating your technical ability,but also how youapproach problems and try to solve them.Explicitly state and check assumptions with your 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