I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Sep 2025
Interview
One preliminary coding interview, then 3 main loop coding rounds and one behavioural. Contained array, DFS, and light design questions with follow ups. Behavioral was almost leaning towards DEI questions.
Interview questions [1]
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Behavioral round contained questions in the sense of "How do you manage dealing with people from different worldviews, backgrounds and prespectives?"
First there is a technical interview, focused on your programming skills then a cultural one focused on you fitting into their workplace. Overall the interview is of an average difficulty and it is ok to say that you don't know something
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Question 1
There was a question regarding a python based matrix
The whole interview process, from application to last interview took almost 3 months, including recruiter screen, techncial (coding) screen (the hardest for me) and the last round with 3 coding and a behaviroral one. All the interviewers where nice. I was told a month later that I had passed.
But I'm stuck in team matching, and there are very few openings. Even if you pass the interviews you're not guaranteed the job, so don't go for this option if you're actively looking for a job, it will crush your soul.
I had 2 interview phases. In the first phase I had 1 online technical interview. In the second phase I had 4 online interviews: 1 soft skill and 3 technical interviews. In order to receive an offer you need to have 4 successful interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly LeetCode problems, so strong data structure and algorithm knowledge is required.
