I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2009
Interview
Send the resume to the online site and was email back in a week. Then had a screening interview with the recruiter who explained the process and learned about my background.
Two weeks later I received an invitation to a phone interview with an engineer. He tested my knowledge in three possible IT scenarios, asked question and had me expand on possible solutions.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
If you want to distribute a large file (gigabytes) in a large (100+ machines) park how do you do it?
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?