I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2021
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me two days after I submitted my application (with referral) and arranged two sequential interviews with a related team. The interviewers' names were confidential. They asked deep questions about the core of my research and an algorithm question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was an algorithm design question concerning graph theory
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2020
Interview
My to-be mentor conducted the interview and asked me questions about my research experiences as well as what I think about what he plans to do. He also asked about how I write code, etc.
A series of phone call interviews. The recruiter arranged everything. Had two phone call interviews on the same day from two different google offices. Then the recruiter emailed and said they want another one too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some general ones and some technical
Gave an example project and asked me describe my solution to it