I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2011
Interview
I got the interview by a friend's referral who is working at Google. It was two back to back 45 minutes interviews. The difficulty of the questions from the two interviews are similar. The interviewers are nice and they try to guide you to reach the answer for their questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Code an application that creates a new thread and exposes a "ping()" method. Whenever ping() is called, the thread prints "Google rocks" once.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Sydney)
Interview
Online application, then reached out for a phone call with an external recruiter. Here was told to expect two (eliminatory) technical interviews, no behavioural assessment. These technical interviews were scheduled about two weeks apart. Heard back within a day or two from final round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard medium, and hard leetcode questions respectively.
I recently had a Google interview that included two coding questions: one about binary trees and another about strings. Each interview lasted 45 minutes and focused on problem-solving, coding accuracy, and explaining my approach clearly. It was a challenging
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two questions, one about binary tree and the other about strings
There was an Online Assessment that you had to complete. Once you pass that, you'll have 2 Technical interviews. Finally, you reach the Team Match Phase, where you will have host calls with teams at Google. (1 call, 1 offer)