I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
First a phone screen with an online coding question. If you pass the phone screen, you are scheduled for on site interview with about 5-6 engineers. All interviews are coding questions with one lunch break where you can interact with an employee.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the longest path that passes through every one of a tree.
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?