I applied through other source. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2022
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn and we set up a phone screening. The phone screening went very well and the recruiter was very friendly. They moved me directly to the final round which consisted of 3 technical and 1 behavioral interviews. The technical questions were three leetcode medium questions. The first one was a recursive problem and the other two were graph traversal problems. I think I did okay on the interviews but they decided to proceed with matching me with a team. I had one team matching interview but we weren't a fit for each other. After the team matching interview, my recruiter stopped responding to my emails and I haven't received a final decision.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. recursive 2. breath first search 3. breath first search 4. behavioral questions
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Very long response times for moving forward with the process. However, interviewers and recruiters were incredibly positive and supportive. The process was friendly and a great learning experience. Definitely review algorithms and practice.
5 rounds virtual onsite interview, failed in in Coding part, a DP programing problem. Also poor performed in the second System design interview round. Obviously, I did not prepare well for this interview, including LeetCode practices.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) an easy LC: triangle numbers to get the minimum sum path
2) m*n matrix houses, and wants to plant trees around the houses, the rule is the trees can not be 8 directionally next to each other, how to plant minimum trees
3) system design badge access all Google buildings
4) system design a distribute top ranking and recommendation system