I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
HR reached out, had 8 rounds of interviews in total. 7 algorithm and 1 behavioral. All male interviewers. The question wasn't too hard but one interviewer didn't show up and we had to reschedule it. Overall medium to hard level LC questions. Not original questions but if you know LC well you'll be fine.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (London, England) in May 2022
Interview
Applied on Google Careers page. HR phone screen followed by live coding technical interview. Made it to the virtual onsite which consisted of 4 45-minute technical interviews and 1 45-minute behavioral interview. Technical interviews made up of several follow ups in increasing difficulty.
there is a five-round onsite interview in one day. The super-intense interview process, the interviewers are nice and happy to provide hints when you trying to complete the code challenge.
Software Engineer/SRE applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer/SRE roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Software Engineer/SRE according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Drug test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
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