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.
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.
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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