I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube (San Bruno, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
45 min of problem solving, 15 min let for some q&a. The interview was straightforward. You picked up the question, and the interviewer dropped the technical questions, then you solved them. You typed your answer on a google doc that you shared with the interviewer. It is not the same as typing on a normal text editor like subline or emac so be aware and practice typing code on google doc in advance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a 2d grid map of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of islands. An island is surrounded by water and is formed by connecting adjacent lands horizontally or vertically. You may assume all four edges of the grid are all surrounded by water.
It was a 3 round interview process with 2 technical rounds and 1 HR round. I was mostly asked DSA focused questions. Trees, heap, graphs and sliding window were mostly stressed for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Trees, heap, graphs and sliding window were mostly stressed for me.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at YouTube in Oct 2024
Interview
Long and slow. There were four rounds of interviews spanning over a month and they don't get back to you quickly. The interviews themselves were ok and took an hour each.
The interview process was demanding as they asked several questions about my masters degree thesis and on my research projects, which were challenging to remember as I had done these more than 7 years ago.
