I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Houston, TX) in Mar 2019
Interview
I applied for a role in Google and got a call from Google's staffing employee explaining about how Application Engineer role best fits my technical skills and experience. She explained about the role and asked me if I am interested in this role. I said yes and she asked a few question related to my experience and asked me to send my availability for technical interview which was telephonic interview with one of the Application Engineer.
Technical Round was challenging. The duration of interview was 45 minutes and one need manage time while solving the coding problem.
You need to explain what your approach is to solve the problem before solving the problem.
It was a good experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two Question were asked
One was related to BST and Hashtable
Second question was a coding question on character manipulation with dynamic programming approach.
2 coding rounds (easy leetcode)
1 behavioral round
2 system design + integration round
Coding rounds were much easier than the design and integration rounds, couldn’t find much info online about what does integration round look like, they were indeed tricky. Interviewers would keep on asking design details. Make sure you understand the core components for a system.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
message queue and authorization/authentication knowledge. How would you design xxx? How would you integrate two systems?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru)
Interview
A Google interview typically involves multiple rounds assessing coding skills, system design, problem-solving, and cultural fit, often using data structures, algorithms, and behavioral questions to evaluate technical and collaborative abilities.
5 interviews, 4 coding, 1 googlyness. 1 design interiview. one string problem, one hashmap problem. overall good process, some of the interviewers were nicer than others, really a mixed batch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
with two arrays, one being x coordinate, one being y coordinate, find the closest coordinate to a specific coordinate.