Google Site Reliability Engineer interview questions

Applied online. After an initial screening of my CV I had two technical phone interviews. Within one week both were scheduled on the same day. Afterwards I entered the host matching phase. I had to fill a questionaire describing my skills and interests and wait for teams to be interested. This phase took way longer. The second interested in my application team was willing to take me as an intern.

It went pretty smoothly and on time. Very difficult because the depth of details required to work there. If you say that you know a skill really well, you'd better really know that skill—be as honest as possible. If you know at least one programming language REALLY well enough to admin or automate a series of systems, then the interview should go smoothly for you. Later on you must know Data Structures and algorithmic theories and how to apply it in programming. Know linux like the back of you hand—practice BSD. Lastly, don't get discouraged if you don't get in on the first try. I asked my interviewer how many times it took him and he said at least 2 and some other's 3 or more tries. It's all about how bad you want in. Take any failure as a learning lesson and apply again in the next 6months (their wait time) and try again. Good luck!