Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at YouTube with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 41 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at YouTube overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at YouTube as a Software Engineer according to 41 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 5%
Group panel interview: 4%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube in Jan 2015
Interview
Recruiter emailed the day after I applied to set up a phone interview and get more background information. The interviewer called on the designated day and asked questions--he was friendly but his accent was hard to understand over the phone. At the end of the interview someone needed to use the office my interviewer was using so my interview ended without the opportunity to ask any questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a binary tree, with the key of each node equal to the sum of its children plus itself, return a given node.
It was a 3 round interview process with 2 technical rounds and 1 HR round. I was mostly asked DSA focused questions. Trees, heap, graphs and sliding window were mostly stressed for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Trees, heap, graphs and sliding window were mostly stressed for me.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at YouTube in Oct 2024
Interview
Long and slow. There were four rounds of interviews spanning over a month and they don't get back to you quickly. The interviews themselves were ok and took an hour each.
The interview process was demanding as they asked several questions about my masters degree thesis and on my research projects, which were challenging to remember as I had done these more than 7 years ago.