I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2018
Interview
Starts with your phone screening, then on-site interviews, then hiring committee reviews the candidate, finally.
You want to make sure you display the skills and traits that Google seeks in candidates. Make sure you are results oriented, professional, and to the point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite Google product?
What would you do to improve it?
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
was a smooth but technical process, a lot of emphasis on soft skills and creative thinking, assuming this was to observe how we fit in with the company with regards to our ability to connect dots
Multiple interview rounds initial rounds dont ask for anything besdies leetcode and are extremely scrutinized no room to be humble ruins chances ideally 300+ leetcode solved the interview questions themselves are easy enough
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jul 2025
Interview
One OA round and 2 Technical rounds. The OA had 2 DSA questions in 90 minutes and the 2 Technical Rounds also had 2 questions based on Arrays, Binary Search, Trees and Graph. I had to improve the time complexity of each solution I coded.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were no HR related questions. The interiew was solely DSA focused.