I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google in Sep 2010
Interview
The phone interview consists of: open questions, data structure, operating systems, network, and database.
Open questions:
1. why you choose google?
2. why you suit for google?
Data structure:
1. running time of quicksort algorithm
2. reverse a linked list
3. what's treemap and sortmap in Java
Operating system:
1. what's thread?
2. How to solve deadlock
Network:
1. what's TCP/IP
2. what's socket
Database:
1. what's transaction?
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.
