I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2008
Interview
Initially, begin with a phone call. Some chat about java, then a IQ question about horse racing. After that a on-site interview. Two round. The most difficult one asks question about: SQL query (use bits to reduce amount of work). search question: three words with three position lists, how to determine the smallest range includes the three words. I kinds of failed the two questions. Arrive at 10am, left after the two rounds. After a week, got a phone call saying there is no position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
search question. three words with three position lists. Find the smallest interval having the three words.
In the interview process they asked about experience, qualification, skills, projects. asked some technical questions and some tasks and HR round. Overall the experience was average. They conducted entire interview process in online mode. It took a long time for this
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you like to describe more about yourself apart from your resume?
Internal recruiters seemed slow and unorganized to arrange interview. After being told to provide dates of availability I had to re-establish contact after lack of communication went beyond the available dates I provided.
The interviewer sounded like he just read my resume before the call.
He asked about an interesting UI feature in an app I liked. But was not knowledgeable in 3D basics to go into technical details on the interface. So he asked some basic UIKit questions about the UI of a popular social media app.
Overall the interviewer was very mechanical and lacked any warmth. I got the impression the interviewer had a narrow technical range of expertise and the interviewer admitted to not having interviewed anyone for this position before. I felt they had a lack of concern for the entire interview and it was just a last minute chore imposed on them.
A day later a friend of mine informed me two people already got hired for the role a few weeks earlier.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic questions around a UI feature you choose from an app.
