I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Feb 2013
Interview
The process was very smooth but I felt the interview was a bit unfair. The question was somewhat new and I could get no where near to cracking it in 15-20 min. It was about some left closed right intervals something (don't remember the exact details) but knew it was some interval tree question. I have seen people get much easier questions in their first round interview. I guess these interviews tend to get random and I was just plain unlucky to have got a very difficult (and unforgiving) interviewer right at the very beginning.
The interviewer was very nice, one interviewer didn't show up so I rescheduled it. When I didn't come up with the best solution, the interveiwer was very patient and give me hint as many as possible
1 screening round + 3 onsite round
All rounds were focused on DSA that included topics like strings, linked list, heap and dynamic programming. Screening round had 2 questions on qualifying which I was eligible for onsite and Googliness rounds. The whole process took nearlying 2.5 months
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Apr 2026
Interview
Very competitive process which requires hard work and good preparation. DSA questions and real life problems divided into 4-5 rounds of interview including HR, Technical, Hiring manager rounds. Onsite interviews are going on