I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA) in Oct 2017
Interview
It lasts for about 3 weeks. I am lucky to get the phone interview without having an OA. But I failed at the onsite interview.
It was really unlucky. I have 2 remote interviews out of 4 during the onsite interview. For the first remote interview, I don't even have a laptop to work on and the interview couldn't see my handwriting clearly through the camera. It was not a difficult problem but I was so nervous for being writing and rewriting to fix the font size all the time.
The third one is a remote too. And it's apparently the interviewer didn't get in the room on time or some mistake happens. So they find someone else at home to interview me. I'm watching his bedroom all the time during the interview. But anyway I think I solve the problem at least but I didn't have much left for the follow-up.
2 coding rounds (easy leetcode)
1 behavioral round
2 system design + integration round
Coding rounds were much easier than the design and integration rounds, couldn’t find much info online about what does integration round look like, they were indeed tricky. Interviewers would keep on asking design details. Make sure you understand the core components for a system.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
message queue and authorization/authentication knowledge. How would you design xxx? How would you integrate two systems?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru)
Interview
A Google interview typically involves multiple rounds assessing coding skills, system design, problem-solving, and cultural fit, often using data structures, algorithms, and behavioral questions to evaluate technical and collaborative abilities.
5 interviews, 4 coding, 1 googlyness. 1 design interiview. one string problem, one hashmap problem. overall good process, some of the interviewers were nicer than others, really a mixed batch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
with two arrays, one being x coordinate, one being y coordinate, find the closest coordinate to a specific coordinate.
