I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
First, I got an email from the recruiter that my profile was selected for the phone interview.
The email was very lengthy and included loads of information such as job details, interview availability section, materials to prepare. then I provided my availability for the phone interview and got confirmation regarding the interview.
Interview day- I was asked about my one of the projects and only one coding question.
When I was solving that question, the interviewer was busy doing something else and was just listening to me. I thought Google interviews were interaction based but mine experience was a bit different. I was not able to complete the problem( probably lack of practice and stressed out). After 2 days, I got a call from the recruiter(not selected). The interview process was well managed and the recruiter was very responsive.
Tip for the interview- Just go through basic data structures and algorithms.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Received a 90-minute coding challenge, then an hour long technical interview by phone with Google engineer, then 4 hour long technical interviews on-site. Didn't find coding challenge or phone call too difficult, but some of the on-site interviews were very challenging. Waited about 6 weeks after on-site to receive a rejection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two iterators of longs, implement an iterator which will return all results unique to both iterators.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jun 2018
Interview
Applied online through school job website.
The interviewer contacted within a week and asked for a date within a week for phone technical interview. I asked for 2 weeks of time, solved 150 leetcode problems. 70-80 specific to google. Phone interview was with a Ph.D working at google for 5 years. Asked a coding question after introduction. I solved it in 25 minutes on google doc. He asked a followup question on the same problem, solved it in 5 minutes. At 40 minutes mark we talked about life at google and such for 10 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LISP expression parsing and a followup question on it.