I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Feb 2019
Interview
I went through 2 phone interviews + 5 on-site interviews. 1st Phone interview is really simple, no need to be nervous. 2nd one is a more formal. On-site interviews really depend on the interviewers you meet, they're not same level. Some interviewer was just onboard in Google for several month himself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I can't tell the questions. But generally they're medium level questions as leetcode. One coding question is exactly from leetcode. The system design question is arbitrary problem with little hint or feedback, even when I asked for clarification of the requirement, the interviewer didn't say much, almost myself speaking for 45 mins
Very intense and I had to do about three separate interview rounds with about five to six separate interviewers. I was asked a lot of questions about coding and google and about my experience.
Straightforward process, exactly what the recruiter described. Several technical interviews and some personal interviews. When it wasn't clear if they could hire/reject me they gave me an additional technical interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Jul 2025
Interview
It started with an telephone interview on DSA questions, after that there is an onsite round with 3 role-specific rounds focused on system-design,Linux/Unix and Debugging rounds, the interviews are very open-ended
