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      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Jan 21, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      The hiring process was fairly straight forward. I was approached by a recruiter on linked in, who saw that I would be a good fit of a position in several locations. I had to pass a very brief introductory round of questions by this recruiter, which was painless if you had the experience for the job required. They did not ask questions out of the blue and you are given the opportunity to look over the information before you get asked. I would take the opportunity to look over the information provided, don't just jump into the interview without reviewing other posts here. I got past the initial round and then it was onto the technical review by another current site reliability engineer. It is part of their job to consistently get involved in bringing in new talent and I enjoyed that knowledge. I feel that the questions where fair and that you had plenty of time to prepare if you had not been on the market for a while, like myself. I unfortunately did not get asked to attend an in-person interview because I lacked some specific knowledge they were looking for on the inner workings of the linux operating system.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Not to be specific, but understand how process control works in Linux. Know your signals and how job scheduling is handled in the most recent iterations. Do not be content in older knowledge of how things work.
      Answer question
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      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Mar 2, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Waterloo, ON
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google (Waterloo, ON)

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Complexity of the solution I provided.
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      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Apr 11, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      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.

      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Apr 7, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Dublín, Dublín
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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