I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Waterloo, ON) in Apr 2026
Interview
Contacted by recruiter and after recruiter call and asked to apply to this role, I applied and interviewed for the l5 level, I had to take 3 interviews,
coding, system design, GL & Leadership
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
for coding one of the general medium leetcode questions, system design was more domain specific
Initial intro call, prep time , prep material provisions,
1 Phone Screening by HR, 3 DSA, 1 HLD and 1 Googliness, Team matching and offer negotiation and offer discussion , offer acceptance
After clearing all the interviews in 2 months, here comes the team match. Where no one ever knows when they gonna get a team match call. Even if you get the TM call next comes the HC again no one knows why they reject.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding questions from Leetcode google tagged but deep dived into it based on the level.
The interview lasted about a day, with 5 different interviewers. For each section, the technical questions took most of the part. They also showed me their office in Toronto, which was nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most difficult problem you solved during your last job?