I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2017
Interview
Took about 2 months, 3 algorithm interviews done on a shared Google Doc (one every two weeks), the 4th interview being a Google Hangout technical interview. I was told that there would be no onsite at all, had I passed all 4 interviews (I didn't pass the last one). Overall, the interview experience was much more relaxing than I'd expect from Google; the interviewers were very polite and not intimidating at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I can't give the exact questions, but I can give some tips on what you should know:
1. Perform basic array algorithms in linear time (essentially, solve the question without nested looping; these questions were relatively easy).
2. Know when/how to do DFS and/or BFS traversal. I didn't get the optimal solution, but they accepted my solutions that used these. These were more of a medium challenge.
3. Know class design. This question wasn't hard, but it threw me off the most because I was expecting more of an algorithm-based question.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Contacted by the recruiter. She set up a call with 2 back-to-back google hangout call with the engineers. I thought I did horribly as I wasn't able to write up the code in the given time; I was only able to identify that its a BFS problem and what data structure will be most efficient. Somehow I made it to the next round and had another google hangout call with a different engineer. This time I was able to solve the problem and improve it. I got rejected after few days. The whole process until I got rejected took a month.
A recruiter will reach out to contact you for how the interview process goes. Another Googler will arrange interview times with you. The interview process goes through two 45-min phone interviews with Google engineers. Wait a week before moving up in the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview questions were similar to Leetcode interview questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2019
Interview
2 back to back phone calls, in which I talked through solving a coding assessment. Both questions were reasonable but didn't find the interviewer helpful. It wasn't made clear what questions they wanted you to address while solving the problem
Resident Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Resident Engineer roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 28 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Resident Engineer according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
Presentation: 27%
One on one interview: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Skills test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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