I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2009
Interview
Made an application online for an internship position , was contacted and told am being considered for full-time position . Then two back to back phone interview were scheduled.
Phone Interview 1: Few questions on background and interest , followed by technical Questions
Phone Interview 2: About the same more stress to testing scenarios.
Onsite interview : 4 mostly algorithm questions . Rounds near continuous with a lunch break () ( should be considered an interview as well)
Response : Phone response after two weeks that was not selected.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Phone interview 1 : a) Simulate a Queue with stacks ?
b)Find repeated occurrence of character in a string ?
Phone interview 2 : a) Given a 2D matrix of numbers find the position of number . Constraints of matrix number always in increasing order left to right and top to bottom .
b)When should version control be used . And a tricky discreet math problem ?
Onsite Interview 1 a): Write a program to check whether a number is prime . Additional constraints consider negative primes etc.
b) some kind of list merge problem
A list of lists eg : [A,B,C] // unsorted
A= [1,2,3]
B=[2,3]
C=[1,2]
Start with List in reverse alphabetical order
eg:C merge with B removing duplicates then merge this with A doing the same .
Optimize solution
c) Intersection of two Integer lists ?
Onsite Interview 2 a): check whether a number is the power of 2
b) Skyline silhouette puzzle .
c) Discussion on uses of hash-tables and trees ?
d) Few general questions on Work and academic background .
Onsite Interview 3 a): write a program to find whether a list of integers has a pair whose sum is equal to a give number . More constraints added , negative numbers , duplicates , needed to optimize and even prove worst cast performance .
b) Networking question of Sliding Window over udp.
Onsite Interview 4 a): Breadth first Search related graph question
b) Additional graph question related to finding a subgraph with some API specified , needed to extend the prior solution.
c) Question on C/C++ Static Modifier , relation of it to Java.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Munich, Bavaria)
Interview
Very friendly recruiter, she took the time to go through the overall process. I appreciated the attitude.
Sadly I did not match the jobs requirements so it didn't go further than the first HR meeting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical HR questions asking about experience, technologies used...etc
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
LinkedIn HR called, phone interview, then onsite interviews, HR was calling frequently to update status (good), one of the interview was just too cold, he wasn't very responsive throughout
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in May 2018
Interview
The interviewer asked 2questions.
One coding question although I wrote the package and relevant classes to be used to solve the problem. Interviewer was not happy, as I wrote code in Java and the interviewer expected it in some other language of his preference. They made me prepare DS, Algorithms, OS, System Design. And asked a non-relevant question not part of any of the subjects asked to prepare. They boast aroud their "Reduced Four" interview process. But, their interviewers need more trainings. Ethical interviews, unethical practices like the EU antiTrust fine.