I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google in Feb 2014
Interview
One recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn. I was then handed off to another recruiter who performed a short phone screen. After that there was a longer phone interview with the leader of that particular team. The longer phone call took about an hour in total. They seemed to be trying to move the whole process along quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a question about SQL joins, string parsing in R, some simple machine learning, as well as some general questions about particularly risky or creative things you have done.
It was all good, the interviewer was very nice. Technical questions were a bit challenging but overall it was good. The hiring manager was looking for some hands on experience
Back to back interview.
[1]. Mainly ask ML concepts, e.g., how to develop a classifer for youtube video; they will also ask some statistical concepts
[2] Coding for both python and sql
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (París) in Mar 2026
Interview
One HR screening, followed by two interviews: first assessing statistical knowledge and communication, second focusing on data analysis, intuition, and communication, and ending with HR feedback session stage round process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked how to compute p-value with only one sample, requiring understanding of hypothesis testing, null distribution, t-test or z-test assumptions, and interpretation of significance levels in statistical inference context.
