I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Google uses third party recruiters instead of in house staff. The recruiters were less knowledgeable than other FAANG level companies. The interview does not involve any domain knowledge. Passed the alogithms portion but they wanted to offer an entry level L3 position instead of the L5 we agreed to initially. They did a downlevel bait and switch tactic. One interviewer showed up in her pajamas.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would hiring you improve diversity on the team?
After clearing all the interviews in 2 months, here comes the team match. Where no one ever knows when they gonna get a team match call. Even if you get the TM call next comes the HC again no one knows why they reject.
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Question 1
Coding questions from Leetcode google tagged but deep dived into it based on the level.
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
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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.