Google Senior Software Developer interview questions
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google
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Google uses third party recruiters instead of in house staff. The recruiters were less knowledgeable than other FAANG level companies. The interview does not involve any domain knowledge. Passed the alogithms portion but they wanted to offer an entry level L3 position instead of the L5 we agreed to initially. They did a downlevel bait and switch tactic. One interviewer showed up in her pajamas.
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How would hiring you improve diversity on the team?
It was very much elaborating and explaining of the skillset and projects mentioned in the resume. Explaining few key concepts of the technologies involved in the role u are being interview for
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Explanation of technical concepts involved in developing a webpage
First ask some basic BQ, and two following leetcode questions. The first one is hard, the second is medium,. Total 45min. Will have two follow up question about how to improve time complexity
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First ask some basic BQ, and two following leetcode questions. The first one is hard, the second is medium,. Total 45min. Will have two follow up question about how to improve time complexity