I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2012
Interview
Phone interview. Generic coding questions (expect algorithms and data structures - graphs, encoding, dynamic programming). But phone interviews are usually simple because of the length and format constraint.
Onsite interview (5 sessions).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General coding questions. Large scale design question.
Very intense and I had to do about three separate interview rounds with about five to six separate interviewers. I was asked a lot of questions about coding and google and about my experience.
Straightforward process, exactly what the recruiter described. Several technical interviews and some personal interviews. When it wasn't clear if they could hire/reject me they gave me an additional technical interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in July 2025
Interview
It started with an telephone interview on DSA questions, after that there is an onsite round with 3 role-specific rounds focused on system-design,Linux/Unix and Debugging rounds, the interviews are very open-ended