Data Science applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 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 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY)
Interview
Asked about brain teasers at the first round. second round asked about non normal distributions and probabilities. The process was fairly fast and relatively non software technical. We did not have an exam on coding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a probability distribution that is not normal and how to apply that.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Got an employee refer and the whole process took 1 month. First a phone screen by HR and then technical phone interviews. Then I was rejected. The interviewer was remote and cold.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Compared advantages and disadvantages of several programming languages
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Oct 2015
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter after a referral. I had one phone screen and then a take home challenge. The phone screen consisted of some very basic stats and CS questions. This was followed by a detailed take home challenge where I had to analyze a data set on google's internal data.