I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2018
Interview
The process took almost one and a half month. I applied online and my resume got selected at the initial screening. I got a coding round which had two questions with a medium difficulty level. After one week, I got an email from google recruiter for scheduling phone interview. The phone interview was completely technical, I was asked to write a code for given problem in the google doc. Unfortunately, I didn't perform well, though I solved both the problem which were asked. But, I had to take a lot of hints from my interviewer for Java's Collection API. After one week, I received a call from my recruiter saying they would like to schedule another round of phone interview just to know more about me. The second interview was same as the first interview. I was asked one coding question, which I solved correctly. After, a week I got a reply from my recruiter saying I didn't clear the interview.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru)
Interview
I have filled the from linkedin job notification. Then after 20 days, I got interview call. There is direct interview call and they have sent mail to circuital branch b.tech student only.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Google (Vāranāsi) in Sept 2025
Interview
Round 1 – Data Structures & Algorithms:
Focused entirely on problem-solving and coding. The questions were of medium to hard difficulty level, testing both optimization skills and clarity of thought.
Round 2 – DSA + Googliness & Leadership:
This round included a mix of coding and behavioral evaluation. The DSA portion featured problems related to Dynamic Programming, one being similar to the Longest Increasing Subsequence type.
The last 15 minutes were dedicated to Googliness and Leadership, where I was asked situational and HR-style questions such as:
A conflict you faced and how you resolved it
Your biggest achievement or failure
How you approach challenges and teamwork
Round 3 – Technical + Behavioral mix (if applicable):
Further assessment of coding proficiency, structured thinking, and communication.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The DSA portion featured problems related to Dynamic Programming, one being similar to the Longest Increasing Subsequence type.
The last 15 minutes were dedicated to Googliness and Leadership, where I was asked situational and HR-style questions such as:
A conflict you faced and how you resolved it
Your biggest achievement or failure
How you approach challenges and teamwork
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google in Aug 2025
Interview
The interviewer was multitasking while he was interviewing me, and well he was doing it effortlessly.
He began by saying it will be a 1 hr interview, with first 45 minutes for DSA and last 15 minutes for HR questions, he then began without asking for an intro, and pasted the question to the doc.
I was able to come up with a solution within time, so I briefly explained it to him, he asked me to code it up after clarifying/understanding my approach.
After I was done, he gave another follow-up, which I gave multiple approaches to, but not the one he expected. However, he appreciated that I tried approaching in multiple ways. And he asked some common HR questions the last 15 mins, and the interview ended successfully!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an undirected connected graph, alice and bob start from different nodes A and B and want to reach a destination node D
if they travel separate edges count them as separate, and if they meet at some node and travel the same edge together, count it as a single edge
find the minimum no of total edges travelled by alice and bob to reach D.
