I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Londres, Angleterre) in May 2025
Interview
Highly professional and friendly recruiters who will not ignore you, but I found they will not remember to tell you if you have failed the screening interview, you must reach out to them to get that news and feedback.
Was asked a DSA Leetcode-style question. Not stepped. Was asked about possible Big O time complexity before I could work on the algorithm, which threw me off. Having worked at Google for 2 years prior, I can say the DSA they ask for is pretty much irrelevant to the real job, but this is a well-known controversy and I am neutral on the subject.
Prepare for a bad interviewer. I'm sure there are many good ones, but I was apparently unlucky. The challenge was presented in a very confusing manner which still makes no sense to me, and the interviewer seemed like he found my confusion (which was mainly down to me being neurodivergent and, naturally, very stressed) amusing, which did not help my confidence at all.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Ciudad de Mexico) in Jun 2026
Interview
La reclutadora con la que tenía asignada la llamada era pesima. Primero, ni siquiera recordo la fecha en la que teniamos asignada la llamada, tuve que recordarselo yo mediante correo despues de estar más de 1 hora esperando su llamada. Una vez que por fin me llamo, note que su nivel de español era muy malo, tanto hablado como para entender (desde que se agendo la llamada el mensaje mencionaba que la primera llamada se llevaría a cabo en español), por lo que apenas entendía lo que le decía, le hacia preguntas y no sabia ni como contestarme, sin duda la peor experiencia que he tenido con un reclutador, más por que tenía a Google en un pedestal. Finalmente una vez que termino la llamada (duro poco menos de 15 minutos), casi al instante me envio el correo que no seguirían con mi candidatura.
First there is a technical interview, focused on your programming skills then a cultural one focused on you fitting into their workplace. Overall the interview is of an average difficulty and it is ok to say that you don't know something
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a question regarding a python based matrix
The whole interview process, from application to last interview took almost 3 months, including recruiter screen, techncial (coding) screen (the hardest for me) and the last round with 3 coding and a behaviroral one. All the interviewers where nice. I was told a month later that I had passed.
But I'm stuck in team matching, and there are very few openings. Even if you pass the interviews you're not guaranteed the job, so don't go for this option if you're actively looking for a job, it will crush your soul.