I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in May 2019
Interview
I first had initial phone screening that was general technical coding question. The onsite with 5 interviews, a couple being general coding and the others being geared towards Android.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about many different Android concepts and features such as when to use certain ones or why one would use A over B to do a certain task.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Aug 2025
Interview
A brief description of myself and the interviewer, then he briefly presented the problem to me and put it in a document. I asked questions for clarification, I explained how I would think. He asked me to find something more optimal, then we moved on to coding. Finally, questions from me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had to find the top k users who post messages, receiving a list containing the user and the number of words in the posted message.
One screening call with a recruiter just chatting about experience and what the process is like
One online values assessment that was pretty straightforward and honestly just a little annoying
2 Leetcode interviews. Standard Medium-Hard Leetcode problems. The interviewers were very helpful though.
1 Android system design very open ended.
1 Behavioral interview where I was just asked 2 questions and then the interviewer didn't know what else to ask.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of people's schedule, write a method that returns their availability. This is a classic scheduling problem that requires sorting first.
2 face to face meetings, first eith management and one with developer. Management wanted to know more about me and developer asked questions and wrote rreview.I believe I lost the position to another great student from the same university.
