I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in May 2019
Interview
One of my friends recommended me to a HR in Google, and the HR contacted me and asked me to submit my resume. After a few days, she sent me an e-mail saying that I had passed the Staffing Review stage and she had arranged two Technical Phone Interviews for me. The interviewers were from Google Tokyo (I applied to Google in Asia). They were very friendly and helpful, they told me that these interviews were not to test my weakness but to find my strengths, so don't panic when I don't know the answer to a question. After the interviews, they sent my results to the Hiring Committee to make hire or no-hire decisions. I received an email from the HR the next week saying that I had passed the Hiring Committee round and asking me to fill out a form about my preference and the hiring managers would be making a selection based on that. And just a few days after, I got the offer.
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.