I applied online. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Apr 2026
Interview
I applied online with referall and got the interview in the next years . so applied in nov got the interview in april. they didn't asked for assesment probably the recruitor directly reached and schedule the interview. there were 2 rounds - coding and behavioural.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
the questions was combination of 2 DSA pattern with hard level.
Online assessment, group recruiter call about how the interview process would look like, then I was proceeded to final onsite. 3 technical rounds and 1 behavioral in one day. The technical rounds were medium-hard LC style problem solving.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
had 2 interviews, 1 behavioral and 1 technical. both the interviewer were really nice. the technical was like an easy - med trees ques. the next phase is offline for which they are sponsoring.
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