I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2018
Interview
I got contacted by a Google recruiter through LinkedIn. Scheduled a phone screen for 2 weeks after that call. Got contacted by recruiter after 3 hours of the phone screen telling me that I didn't make it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string, find the longest substring which contains 2 unique characters. ""abcbbbbcccbdddadacb" => "bcbbbbcccb"
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Sydney)
Interview
I applied through referral. After submitting application, had a recruiter call, then scheduled for an technical interview. The recruiter is very busy and seems to forget me so I email him and chase him down to get scheduled. Interview question is leetcode style and I failed. Afterward, I schedule with recrutier for feedback.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2022
Interview
It was a technical screen. There was 1 coding problem with few follow-ups. I was able to solve initial question and 1 follow-up, because they were super-easy. Second follow-up was tricky. Got rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding problem related to String and Characters (not from Leetcode)
Initial screening call with recruiter, a single algorithms coding interview, followed by three more algorithm rounds, then a systems design interview followed by a googleyness interview to check culture and leadership.
