The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2010
Interview
For this Google phone interview, I got a 25 year old programmer who had limited experience, but who in his arrogance believed that because he worked for Google, he was a world-class computer scientist. As you might imagine, I couldn't convince him that I knew anything at all, despite my own success and experience. Would I interview with Google again? No, thanks!
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2011
Interview
This interview is about Google. I know there are lots of sites about Google out there, and I've probably browsed through each of those. I had a phone interview with Google a few days back... and my experience was surprisingly pleasant compared to many others.
The recruiters were very warm in their communications. Interviewers were decent too. They don't ask ridiculous questions in the phone interviews. All they look for is whether you are a legitimate candidate. They know very well about your strengths... and you will not asked anything outside of that comfort zone.
* You only need to know what YOU claim to know *
They'll probe various parts of your resume to check if you have exaggerated anything. There'll be some simple questions on data structures. I'm not a CS student, but even I could understand what they were looking for. So, all you CS folks out there, please keep your cool and take a relaxed interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is the biggest software project that you have worked on and how.
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Oct 2011
Interview
1 on campus (at college) interview with 2 guys, and 1 onsite interview. they scheduled a phone interview with me and asked me to code in google docs since i accidentally missed one of the on campus interviews. they walked me through the problems when i got stuck, and were very nice about everything.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain binary search, running time, when is it advantageous