I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Newport Beach, CA) in Dec 2008
Interview
After a phone interview and an engineering interview in which I wrote code in a Google doc while talking with the interviewer, I was invited in for a face to face. I met with about twelve engineers and managers over eight hours with a break for lunch. They asked very tough questions and really dug in to see how you think.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They gave me printouts of a couple of classes that worked together but were badly designed. The goal was to talk about how to better design the classes so they had clearer roles and better implementation.
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.
Interview questions [1]
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
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most difficult problem you solved during your last job?
