I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2015
Interview
I was recruited for a specific position, but told that I had to pass the general technical interview before I could be considered. The recruiter was very accessible and worked with my schedule to set up everything. There was no rush at all. The interview itself was ok - I felt like the people who were assigned to evaluate my PhD research project had no background at all while the guy assigned to my technical interview would have been much more appropriate (and he had trouble following my solution in the technical interview).
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NDA applies here - Cracking the Coding Interview is a very good indication of what you will encounter, though. Focus on coding quickly and understanding seemingly simple questions inside out.
I was contacted by a recruiter and later scheduled for two interview rounds: a technical screen to assess my skills, followed by a leadership round to evaluate my collaboration and problem-solving approach.
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Typical scenario based questions for behavioural round
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Feb 2026
Interview
Schnelle Absage über die Statusmeldung im Portal. Ohne Referenz von internen Mitarbeitern ist es schwierig, in die Interviewphase zu gelangen. Anschließend ist man für 90 Tage im Bewerbungsverfahren blockiert, was eine erneute Bewerbung ebenfalls erschwert. Das ist nicht ganz fair, wenn die Gründe für die Absage sehr unterschiedlich sein können, wie etwa wenn zu viele Bewerber bereits im Prozess sind.
An external recruiter from randsad contacted me through LinkedIn. first interview is scheduled after 3 weeks. its about a coding question where i failed in writing complete code in 30 min.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
there are players who compete in pairs and need to get the number of players who can be ranked