I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru)
Interview
2 rounds back to back happened initially with a gap of 1 day. i got rejeccted so i dont know further process. both these rounds are of 45 min. that is all
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Sydney) in Mar 2024
Interview
An informal interview, then 1 HR interview, 1 Job Talk, 2 Coding Interviews, and 2 Research interviews. One research interview is general, and one research interview is specific to ones research subject. As a recent development it is the hiring manager that does the HR interview. The process is quite slow.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding is similar to what Leetcode covers, but there are also questions on binary encodings, etc.. The general research questions covers backpropagation, transformers, common model components.
Talk and 1-1s with researchers. You prep a 45 minute talk, describing your research. And afterwards, people ask you questions. There are also 1-1s with current researchers — where they ask you questions about your work and future goals