I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
The interview was a technical phone interview in Python. They gave me a simple programming problem, then added layers of complexity once I solved a given stage. Overall the problems were not difficult and could be solved with rudimentary knowledge of , however, as an undergrad the problems given to me could have been easier than average.
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.
Home exam, 2 questions in 90 mins
Then they did 2 interviews-45 mins each
It was on google meet
The interviews are in English, the first question was matrix dfs and the second one was hashmap with random function