I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2023
Interview
The first few minutes I chatted with my interviewer and then he told me the question and told me to solve it in a Google doc using Python. He didn't care much for correct syntax but rather correct logic when implementing the solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The question was to implement a trie to count quickly the number of words with a specific prefix.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Nov 2023
Interview
Referred by friend and contacted by recruiter. The whole process included two coding interview. Pass the first and not for the second, then given an extra coding interview. Overall experience is good.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First round is about splitting bunch of nodes into a binary tree, which is easy. Follow-up is splitting into a tree where each node has N children.
Second round is a task scheduling problem which gives you a constant timeout and a series of [task ID, Starting time], more like streaming mode, then return if the a task is timeout at certain timestamp. Did not really get the idea but can be solved using dictionary.
There are were 3 rounds of interview 1st screening round where you are asked about your background about projects and achievements if any.
Then two online coding rounds are conducted out of which both are eliminatory. You need to solve 2 coding questions in 45 mins.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Had to solve 2 coding questions in 45 mins. 1st interview had questions based on string manipulation and arrays. 2nd interview had question based on DP on graphs