The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google (Dublin, CA) in Apr 2011
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter asking if i am interested in working at google and scheduled a phone interview.first round is a recruiter screen with basic unix/linux commands which went well.second interview is more technical,it included topics from networking,Tcp/ip protocols,RAID etc,They would dig little deeper as you keep answering.It ended with a writing a program in language of your choice.I chose perl.
3rd phone screen was mostly into Data structures and algorithms which required coding in C or Java.
implementation of hash tables and binary trees etc and more of open ended questions.3rd interviewer was hurrying up and did not give much time to think because you fail to answer the first question correctly.Overall it was a good experience.
HR round after applying, then coding screening round, if passes, then final round which consists of four coding round or three coding and one design round. Problem difficulty medium to hard.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Mar 2026
Interview
Frist had one roughly 20 to 30 minutes screening call with a recruiter, then had one online 45 minutes technical interview with a Google Site Reliability Engineer. The technical interview covered data structure and algorithm topics.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2026
Interview
The interview lasted 45 minutes and was conducted one-on-one. I was required to walk through my thought process before coding and then implement an optimized solution with a focus on time complexity.
