SWE applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 43 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a SWE according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Personality test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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Standard interview with questions and screening. Was all through emails. Would recommend if they were more responsive and actually interested in your skills. To be precise, this was a random occurrence.
2 back to back leetcode-like questions. They last 45 minutes each. 5 min intro ans 5 min in the end for asking qs. 35 min for solving a problem. They can also ask small series of qs to solve a bigger solution
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Newark, NJ) in Aug 2022
Interview
I got an initial screening call and after clearing that I got virtual on-site 4 rounds of interviews. It consists of 3 technical rounds and 1 round based on googlyness, all rounds are for 45 minutes each.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All questions are based on Leetcode and Algorithm concepts.