I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
Got referral from a Google employee, finished an online code challenge, got email from recruiters to schedule 2 phone interviews.
The interviewers called right on time, and asked to open the Google doc to code. The interviewer describe the question and gave examples, then ask you to think out loudly(meaning talk what you are thinking), then I proposed my solution, but the interviewer would ask you to increase the time or space efficiency. I didn't get enough time to write down my code.
As expected from a Google interview, it consists of a phone interview and a technical interview. In my opinion, with the skill level Google is looking for, the interview is fair and accurately tests the ability of a candidate. I imagine the interview for full-time positions is harder, but as an intern, I felt that it was the right amount of difficulty and complexity.
there is no online assessment, very simple phone call, then two technicals. technicals are not difficult by any means. then you get put into team matching, after a couple months
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Sydney) in Jun 2026
Interview
Resume screening and then two 2 rounds of technical interviews, on an elimination basis. Interview done on google docs with no IDE, dsa leetcode style question. May be asked follow up questions on how to optimise your solution or on how you would code up a solution to a similar problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA tree question, medium-hard leetcode difficulty.