I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2017
Interview
A recruiter found my info from an application several years earlier. We scheduled an informal phone call to discuss potential full-time position and decided to move forward. Next, we scheduled a technical phone interview with an engineer. This was done with a phone call and shared Google Doc (for coding). After passing the phone interview, I was contacted by more recruiters. We scheduled another informal phone call and on-site interviews. The on-site had four 45-minute interviews with an informal lunch in the middle.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All questions were software/coding based, mainly need to know algorithms, data structures, and performance. No tricks / brain-teaser questions, just nice logic/problem solving stuff. They discourage sharing actual questions.
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.