I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Went onsite with Mountain View campus for position in google cloud division. Total 5 interviewers. Not sure how they selected the interviewers - end up 3 interviewers asking distributed system questions. One scheduled interviewer did not show up, so a replacement guy showed up with very little preparation. Another interviewer came from hardware group which is surprising (I am not a hardware guy, and the interviewer did not get to any kernel level question as well). They seem to have quite different background as I do, making the interview process somewhat out of synergy. It became an awkward process.
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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?