I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Mar 2020
Interview
Had applied for SDE in Bengaluru, India. The question I got asked in telephonic round is a HARD one in leetcode (which I found later after Googling the question) but I think it is medium to hard level question. At Least it isn't very hard. I was able to solve and code the optimal solution but only after coding the sub-optimal one, for which the review was not +ve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two words word1 and word2, find the minimum number of operations required to convert word1 to word2.
You have the following 3 operations permitted on a word:
- Insert a character
- Delete a character
- Replace a character
Link: https://leetcode.com/problems/edit-distance/
The interviewer was very nice, one interviewer didn't show up so I rescheduled it. When I didn't come up with the best solution, the interveiwer was very patient and give me hint as many as possible
1 screening round + 3 onsite round
All rounds were focused on DSA that included topics like strings, linked list, heap and dynamic programming. Screening round had 2 questions on qualifying which I was eligible for onsite and Googliness rounds. The whole process took nearlying 2.5 months
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Apr 2026
Interview
Very competitive process which requires hard work and good preparation. DSA questions and real life problems divided into 4-5 rounds of interview including HR, Technical, Hiring manager rounds. Onsite interviews are going on