I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jun 2018
Interview
The process started up by a recruiter contacted me by mail. I was then given an online coding round with 2 easy problems to complete. After 2 weeks, I have my technical phone interview with one of Google's engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question: Designed an efficient key-value data structure, each element has an elapsed time. For example, elements A with elapsed time 15 (keyA , (valueA , 15)) will be removed from the data structure after 15 seconds from the time it was added to the data structure
After a call with a recruiter briefly discussing elements of my resume, I had two technical phone interviews. Both were about 30 minutes long and started with a relatively simple coding question, but then had extensions mostly for discussion about how I would modify or test various aspects of my solution.
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Question 1
Typical algorithm and data structures questions. They cared much more about the thought process than on syntax.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google in Aug 2018
Interview
Applied online. Got an email to schedule an interview call in a couple of days. Two 45 minute interview calls back-to-back. The first interviewer was friendly and helpful. Like other people here have said, it was more like a discussion. The second interviewer was rather curt and rude. He had a strong accent and explained the problem really badly to begin with. It took me a good 7-8 minutes to understand the problem statement, which could've been easily explained in 2 sentences (or better still, typed out). From then on, he was absolutely silent the whole way and would give one-word answers to my queries. Contrasting experiences with the two interviewers really.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
String manipulation questions. I'd say equivalent to Leetcode 'medium' level difficulty.