I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Oct 2016
Interview
It started with unmatched professionalism, enthusiasm, and equitable accommodation insofar as I was allowed to choose the programming language for technical interview questions. Three venues followed - two via phone/desktop terminal sessions and an on-site invitation for multiple face to face dialogs and challenges.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a program in C, that implements a shell's facilities for (1) initiating a background process, and (2) command line pipes.
HR round after applying, then coding screening round, if passes, then final round which consists of four coding round or three coding and one design round. Problem difficulty medium to hard.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zúrich) in Mar 2026
Interview
Frist had one roughly 20 to 30 minutes screening call with a recruiter, then had one online 45 minutes technical interview with a Google Site Reliability Engineer. The technical interview covered data structure and algorithm topics.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Dublín, Dublín) in Mar 2026
Interview
The interview lasted 45 minutes and was conducted one-on-one. I was required to walk through my thought process before coding and then implement an optimized solution with a focus on time complexity.
