I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
The recruiter reached out directly to me on LinkedIn. I had an initial phone call with recruiter and was moved directly to the onsite interview (scheduled a few weeks later). The onsite consisted of 5 interviews with lunch in the middle on what you would expect to be asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical algorithm/ data structure questions. Some OOP and also asked to optimize solutions. Asked about Big-O of my solutions. Some DOM manipulation.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube (San Bruno, CA) in Mar 2015
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter for Google, asked to set a technical phone screen. The screening was pretty difficult: Two technical questions, with solutions being coded in a shared Google Doc. No behavioral questions. He told me I was interviewing for a job at YouTube, but he was not a YouTube employee. Google wants all potential employees to be equally assessed so you are interviewed by anyone in the company. Was asked to do an onsite two weeks later.
SWE applicants have rated the interview process at YouTube with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at YouTube overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at YouTube as a SWE according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Skills test: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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