I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Sydney) in Sept 2021
Interview
Applied via their website and got an email from the recruiter. The recruiter spoke in detail about the whole process. Fixed the first-round interview after 3 weeks. The recruiter also forwarded a lot of information about the interview process.
The question in the code pairing interview was not a very difficult one, but I made some silly mistakes and took a long time to come with a solution. The interviewer was not a very friendly person and kept very quiet for most part of it and didn't really help or nudge even after seeing me struggling!
As expected recruiter called and said about the rejection but he gave lots of tips on preparing for the next time. He said most people join google after multiple attempts and asked me to keep preparing and apply next year(which was nice to hear).
Initial intro call, prep time , prep material provisions,
1 Phone Screening by HR, 3 DSA, 1 HLD and 1 Googliness, Team matching and offer negotiation and offer discussion , offer acceptance
After clearing all the interviews in 2 months, here comes the team match. Where no one ever knows when they gonna get a team match call. Even if you get the TM call next comes the HC again no one knows why they reject.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding questions from Leetcode google tagged but deep dived into it based on the level.
The interview lasted about a day, with 5 different interviewers. For each section, the technical questions took most of the part. They also showed me their office in Toronto, which was nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most difficult problem you solved during your last job?
