Google Interview Questions & Reviews
Overview |
| |
Salaries |
| |
Reviews |
| |
Interviews |
| |
Photos |
| |
Jobs |
| |
|
Updated Feb 10, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
|
Difficulty Rating [?] Based on 1072 ratings 
“Difficult” Interview
|
Interview Experience [?] Based on 1072 ratings
|
See who your friends know who've worked at Google and could give you an inside look.
See who your friends know who've worked at Google and could help you prep for an interview.
| 41–50 of 1,067 Google Interviews | Sort by |
Specialist at Google
Posted Jan 19, 2012
|
2.0
Easy Interview
|
Overall Negative Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Jan 2012 in Dublin, County Dublin (Ireland) (took 3 weeks)
condescending, self-absorbed, close minded and very subjective.. after three interviews, I'd say Google is probably a nice name on the cv, but lack of humility in the process...as opposed to another company's interview where I left the interview room with just one dream working for them (another online company).
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Software Engineering Intern at Google
Posted Jan 19, 2012
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Neutral Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
Two back-to-back technical phone interviews
Give a problem and asked to write code to solve it
One is to count all winning "x o" games
The other is about checking time conflicts of events.(interval overlaps)
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
More Google Software Engineering Intern Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Software Engineer at Google
Posted Jan 14, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
|
4.0
Difficult Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Jun 2011 (took a day)
two 45 mins phone interviews. And then one day onsite interview, met with 5 engineers. Very selective, high expectation in CS basics and apply what you know creatively to solve challenges.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
More Google Software Engineer Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Online Media Associate Intern at Google
Posted Jan 18, 2012
|
2.0
Easy Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Received and Accepted Offer
|
Interviewed Jun 2011 in Dublin, County Dublin (Ireland) (took 4+ weeks)
You first go through a CV check, if you are selected then you get a short 15-20 minute interview from someone in HR. The questions are pretty basic and are just to see if they match your CV, you can communicate well and would fit well in Google and the team. The next round is 2 interviews with the managers of the team where you apply for. These interviews are 20-30 minutes long and the questions are a bit more specific to the role (advice: research the team, the industry and be passionate about Google). The questions are basically to see if you fit in the team and in the company. The internship position lasts for 10-12 weeks and is great to experience what it would be like to work at google. A lot of people say that the internships are more interesting and enjoyable than the full-time position since you get to work on an interesting project. The full-time position is more of a sales/support job.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
There was no negotiation.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Associate Product Manager at Google
Posted Jan 18, 2012
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Neutral Experience
|
Received and Accepted Offer
|
Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 5 weeks)
It was Interesting. They seemed to ask a lot of questions designed for the "regular" employees. As a marketing major, I'm not "normal" by Google standards. I'm not a computer nerd, and the whole thing was different than anything that I 've experienced. It was just weird. I'm not sure what happened
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
More Google Associate Product Manager Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Software Engineering Intern at Google
Posted Jan 17, 2012
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Neutral Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
got an email for scheduling phone interviews.
done with two phone interviews
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
More Google Software Engineering Intern Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Software Engineer at Google
Posted Jan 13, 2012 — 1 of 2 people found this helpful
|
4.0
Difficult Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Dec 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)
Googlers only want the best engineers. A tough, but positive interview experience.
The recruitment process is a bit on the slow side, though recruiters always kept me well-informed. I had two phone interviews before being asked to come to Google Los Angeles. The interviews consisted of the standard Google questions that are mentioned elsewhere on this website. I made a fundamental mistake on the first interview, but was able to send a correction via email. The interviewers really want to help you.
Before entering the building, applicants are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Even if I were to reveal what questions were asked, it wouldn't help. It's standard Computer Science algorithms and discrete math. You have to know your stuff and be able to explain yourself. Out of the six or so interviews, I totally botched one, becoming stuck. On another, I forgot an important conceptual detail. The rest went very well.
I received notification that I was not selected a few weeks later. The recruiters and staff are all very friendly. The engineers' reputation for being really smart is well-earned. The interviews are tough, and if I couldn't get in ---being one of the top students in my CS program--- then it must be true that only the best of the best get in. The Google office is amazing, as is to be expected. I had a very positive impression of Google and their recruitment process. I appreciated being placed in a nice hotel and having all travel expenses paid. It was nice to get a short trip to LA.
Anyone who is selected for an on-site interview already has a bright enough future so that she/he can find other offers of employment easily. From this website, it appears that most applicants who come on-site to interview do not get selected. However, anyone may apply again after six months. So if it is really important to work at Google, try, try again!
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
More Google Software Engineer Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
SRE - Site Reliability Engineering at Google
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Neutral Experience
|
Received and Declined Offer
|
Interviewed May 2011 in Atlanta, GA (took 2 weeks)
I had two interviews, an initial phone screening by a recruiter (took about an hour) followed by a second phone interview given by a team member. The second interview covered details about Unix/Linux and network programming: the filesystem permissions model, network connection states (and their meaning), what commandline tools can be used to display them, etc.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
I was interviewing for a position open in Atlanta, but before my final (or what I believed would be my final) interview, the recruiter contacted me and told me that a reorganization closed the Atlanta position, but that I was welcome to continue interviewing for a similar position in California or Ireland. I declined.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Recruiting Coordinator at Google
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
2.0
Easy Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Received and Accepted Offer
|
Interviewed Jan 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took 2 days)
I was first contacted by a sourcer who conducted an initial prescreen. Very basic info - what Google products do you use, what's your background, education, etc. Then, he set up an interview for me in the NYC office (I was home in New York), but via video conference with team members in Mountain View. The interview was supposed to consist of 3 back-to-back 20 minute interviews. However, during the first interview, it became clear that I wasn't a good fit for the RC (Recruiting Coordinator) role and I would be a better fit for a Sourcer role. After the first person finished with me, she found two Sourcers to come in and complete the interviews.
I was very impressed by Google's ability to turn on a dime and re-route me mid-interview for a role that was a better fit. About one week later, I received a call with an offer.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
I didn't do any negotiation because I was satisfied with their initial offer. I was fresh out of college and happy to take anything I was offered.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
More Google Recruiting Coordinator Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Software Engineer at Google
Posted Jan 16, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
|
5.0
Very Difficult Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 2 months)
I was contacted by an in-house recruiter. After a short phone call with her, a phone screen was set up.
The phone screen took approximately 1 hour. I was only asked one question (very technical CS related), which I had to code in a shared Google doc. After I was finished, I had a chance to ask the other person questions. A few hours after the phone screen was finished I received a call from my recruiter... they wanted to set up a 1:1 interview in Mountain View, CA.
The Mountain View interview lasted an entire day. The day was scheduled as such: 1:1 interview 1, 1:1 interview 2, lunch with my phone screen interviewer, 1:1 interview 3, 1:1 interview 4. Each interview (and lunch) took about 1 hour. The questions ranged from semi-advanced CS topics to probability and statistics.
They emailed me about a week after the onsite interview to let me know that they weren't going forward with me.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
More Google Software Engineer Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
RSS Feed for Google
Interviews
Embed
