I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Sep 2020
Interview
Reached out to Google via their own website & submitted a detail letter stating some technical plan, if accepted.
Recruiter reached out, we set a date & then proceeded to first phone interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What happens when you search google, under the hood.
2. Algorithmically concurrent sorting of a list, explain the technical bits that bring data from browser to server and the result page back in the browser
It was great, DSA rounds focused heavily! Overall 4-6 rounds expected and last round for projects, It was hasd DSA round, focused on graphs dp and advanced topics. Focus on DSA and DSA and DSA
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA) in May 2026
Interview
Day 1: Phone screen leetcode and behavioral round
Results came within an hour
Day 2: 3 rounds, 2 LC and 1 system design. Design: Metrics ingestion system
Results took a week
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given some job intervals (start and end times), assign intervals to schedulers that can process them. Assume that you have unlimited number of schedulers. Find the minimum number of schedulers needed to fulfill this system
Follow up questions like what is the maximum number of schedulers that are occupied at any point in time.
You have a jammed keyboard where a key can get tyoed multiple times when you press it. You also have a dictionary of good words. Given a word, find match in dictionary. Given word caannoon, dictionary: [canon, can,]
The process includes referral, followed by an online assessment, then a first round with two interviews (Googliness & Leadership and coding), and a second round consisting of two technical coding interviews.