The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google in Apr 2010
Interview
I applied for the job but didn't receive any offer for interview until months later. I was told i would be contacted by a product manager by telephone and the interview would last around an hour. Then it would take up to 2 weeks before a decision would be made to have a second telephone interview or else finish the process altogether. I found the HR people to be really friendly and easy to communicate with. The interviewer was a young guy and was polite but very formal.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Google want to change youtube from having one image for videos to having several to better indicate what the video is about(5 images was used). How would you achieve this
Microsoft have just realsed Bing, Eric Schmidt wants you to give him analysis on which search engine gives the most accurate results in 1 hour. How would you be able to rate accuracy results on returned queries from Google search and Bing.
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Claude responded: The hiring process consists of a CV screening stage, followed by a behavioral online assessment, and then wraps up with a 30-minute interview with the team.
The hiring process consists of a CV screening stage, followed by a behavioral online assessment, and then wraps up with a 30-minute interview with the team.
They asked what my favorite product was and how I would make it better. The entire interview was mostly centered around the product that I chose and my thinking about it.
5 interviews on-site with different team members.
It was hard to go from a friendly office tour to a deeply technical CS question first thing in the morning! However, it got easier after the first question and everyone was very friendly.
PS- The office is very fun too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code to calculate number of combinations of N numbers
