Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Initial Screening: A mix of Leetcode of Easy and Mediums. Had done a similar problem earlier so managed to finish quickly.
Phone Interview - Got to skip on the basis of my performance on initial round. No clarity as to why yet.
Panel Interview with 4 rounds - 2 rounds of LC Hard and medium. One Easy along with Behavioral to end
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an unconventional project and how you had to work with your team to find an unconventional solution.
1. Online Assessment
This is a personality test, you're asked to choose your reaction based on certain situation.
2. Phone Interview
Literally through phone call, asked a coding question with one follow up.
3. Virtual Interview
3 rounds of tech interview + 1 behavioral question round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Plant k types of vegetables on a grid, make sure the same type of vegetables are clustered. return the grid after planting.
2. View flowers on a grid with 1's and 2's, 1 representing flowers, 2 representing walls (cannot see through), return how many flowers you can see from each grid[i][j]
3. A maxHeap problem
Had a quick basic recruiter call going over resume and past experience. After that, met with an engineer from the maps team and wrote pseudocode for a LC medium problem in a google doc.