I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mumbai) in Sept 2012
Interview
The interview process was quiet exhausting & one can find people from various academic backgrounds attending the interview. The average length of the interview process is somewhat like 30-40 days with mostly 5 interviews. Of course, getting a job at google is not at all easy. You have to be the best in your field of study to clear the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which is the quicker sort 'bubblesort' or 'quicksort' ?
The interview lasted about a day, with 5 different interviewers. For each section, the technical questions took most of the part. They also showed me their office in Toronto, which was nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most difficult problem you solved during your last job?
it was difficult. lengthy dsa questions. design was ok. needs nice preperation. googlyness also needs preperation. it was difficult. lengthy dsa questions. design was ok. needs nice preperation. googlyness also needs preperation.
One of the interviewer seemed disintered about core tack and focused on AI only. No techinical project wer considered ven if they were highly rated by peers an the community