I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
Extremely length interview process with several recruiters, that can be considerably better managed. I went trough the stages of phone, interview and on-site interviews. Questions are in the area of design and coding.
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