I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Oct 2020
Interview
Recruiter screen with a list of canned questions, followed by a phone screen with an engineer.
5 onsite interviews with engineers (in one day). Onsite topics: shell scripting, networking, system internals, coding (C), troubleshooting. One follow up on NALSD (Non-Abstract Large System Design), because they forgot it at the on-site.
Got an offer ~2 weeks after the last interview.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
shell scripting: run a script on every last Friday of the month using a combination of bash and cron
HR round after applying, then coding screening round, if passes, then final round which consists of four coding round or three coding and one design round. Problem difficulty medium to hard.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Mar 2026
Interview
Frist had one roughly 20 to 30 minutes screening call with a recruiter, then had one online 45 minutes technical interview with a Google Site Reliability Engineer. The technical interview covered data structure and algorithm topics.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2026
Interview
The interview lasted 45 minutes and was conducted one-on-one. I was required to walk through my thought process before coding and then implement an optimized solution with a focus on time complexity.
