I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Mar 2024
Interview
I was given 3weeks time to prepare for DSA. Used LeetCode for this preparation and then used google specific question in later stage of preparation. Interview question was LC medium and it took me 30+min to solve it which was one of the reason for rejection.
Question similar to BigInteger Multiplication on LeetCode.
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Question 1
Question similar to BigInteger Multiplication on LeetCode.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
I applied to the role online though Google Careers. A recruiter from a Randstad Enterprise supporting Google Engineering reached out to me. They sent me a Google Hiring Assessment, which I passed. A couple days later the recruiter emailed me saying that even though I passed the Hiring Assessment, they won't be moving forward with the interview process. The feedback included working on my coding skills even though my coding skills were not tested. As a result of this, I have to wait another 90 days before applying to another job for no fault of my own.
This is a total waste of candidate's time. If the recruiter doesn't think the candidate's experience fits the role they applied to, then they shouldn't be asking the candidate to complete a hiring assessment only to reject them later.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2024
Interview
The interview experience was very nice, my recruiter had a call with me to talk through what I would expect.
I was scheduled for 4 interviews, 3 DSA and 1 Googliness.
The first interview was great, I was asked a question similar to merge intervals. The second interview was a graph problem and the third was a string problem.
Overrall, I had an amazing experience, the interviewers were kind and super nice to collaborate with.