I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2011
Interview
I applied online and never heard back.
Several months later, I was referred by a friend at the company, and recruited to be an SRE based on my experience. Since the SRE jobs would have required relocation, I opted to interview for a Software Engineer role. I didn't get an offer as a Software Engineer, but based on the feedback from that I was recruited again the next year as an SRE, and was ready to relocate at that time.
The hiring process at Google is very slow. It took several weeks between resuming contact with their recruiter and getting an offer. If you're out of work and looking to get a job ASAP, Google may not be the best choice. If you're in no rush, it can be very worthwhile.
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Question 1
With respect to my NDA, I won't go into details, but I was asked to design a highly-available production service from bare metal all the way to algorithms and data structures.
HR round after applying, then coding screening round, if passes, then final round which consists of four coding round or three coding and one design round. Problem difficulty medium to hard.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Mar 2026
Interview
Frist had one roughly 20 to 30 minutes screening call with a recruiter, then had one online 45 minutes technical interview with a Google Site Reliability Engineer. The technical interview covered data structure and algorithm topics.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2026
Interview
The interview lasted 45 minutes and was conducted one-on-one. I was required to walk through my thought process before coding and then implement an optimized solution with a focus on time complexity.
