I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA)
Interview
Applied via careers, and a recruiter reached out to me as they are planning to move forward with my profile to schedule a loop interview which consisted of total 4 rounds on multiple days
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Question 1
My interview had four rounds. One was a culture fit discussion to understand alignment with the company’s values and team dynamics. The other three were technical, primarily focused on data structures and algorithms, problem-solving under different scenarios, and system design.
Initial intro call, prep time , prep material provisions,
1 Phone Screening by HR, 3 DSA, 1 HLD and 1 Googliness, Team matching and offer negotiation and offer discussion , offer acceptance
After clearing all the interviews in 2 months, here comes the team match. Where no one ever knows when they gonna get a team match call. Even if you get the TM call next comes the HC again no one knows why they reject.
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Question 1
Coding questions from Leetcode google tagged but deep dived into it based on the level.
The interview lasted about a day, with 5 different interviewers. For each section, the technical questions took most of the part. They also showed me their office in Toronto, which was nice
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Question 1
What was the most difficult problem you solved during your last job?