I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Aug 2025
Interview
Very Tough Interview,
Has 8 rounds of interview,
Difficult for freshers to enter,
Need very strong DSA,
Need good System Design practice,
First Phone round,
Then two Virtual Rounds,
Then 3 inperson rounds.
Need very strong AI/ML Basics
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System Design,
DSA,
AI and ML
Basic Software Engineering
It was all good, the interviewer was very nice. Technical questions were a bit challenging but overall it was good. The hiring manager was looking for some hands on experience
Back to back interview.
[1]. Mainly ask ML concepts, e.g., how to develop a classifer for youtube video; they will also ask some statistical concepts
[2] Coding for both python and sql
Applied at PhD level so I had two back to back technical interviews. One all stats concepts and the other talking over a hypothetical experiment design and walking through my thought process.
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