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:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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1st round:
Experience: interview was very slow paced, interviewer wanted me to dry run soln, talk about edge cases, etc. Most of the time was taken up in the initial question
2nd round:
Experience: this interview was better, fast paced, he asked for logic of each part as well as code, no dry run, edge case etc
Tips: for google prepare dsa very well, just a short intro followed by dsa questions, nothing was asked about projects, cs concepts, etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st round:
K window of a list = distinct elements in the first K elements
Given 2 lists, modify list2 such that the k windows of the 2 lists don't have any common element. Return the new list
Variation:
Instead of 2 lists we have n lists, and a distance parameter d, the k window of a list shouldn't have any common element with any of the previous 'd' lists. Return the new lists.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
It was a great process. In consisted of an OA, followed by two rounds of Interviews based on DSA. Overall very straight forward process, the interviewer will help you throughout the interview so ask open ended questions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (São Paulo, ) in Apr 2024
Interview
Processo longo, com 6 entrevistas, no decorrer de duas semanas. Primeira entrevista com RH e as outras 5 on site. 3 entrevistas de desenvolvimento, 1 de arquitetura e 1 com o manager da vaga.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Qual foi o maior desafio que enfrentou na carreira?