The interview was way more challenging than I anticipated, especially the technical rounds. I was thrown off by the depth of the DSA questions. One standout was a coding question about finding the median of two sorted arrays, which I recognized instantly — it was the same problem I had worked through on PracHub. The behavioral questions felt less intense, but the overall vibe was stressful. Ultimately, I didn’t receive an offer. It was a tough experience, but I'm grateful for what I learned along the way.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Given two sorted arrays of size m and n, find the median of the combined sorted array in O(log(min(m,n))) time.
Le processus a pris 2 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Google (Mountain View, CA) en juin 2010
Entretien
2 phone interviews (one with programming questions) followed by an on-site interview with 6 different folks.
These interviews mostly consisted of problem solving (math or programming, some algorithm understanding, etc.). Lunch was good. Apparently I scored really well on the interview, but they declined to make me an offer because there were no relevant openings at that time. Then why bother interviewing me???
Questions d'entretien [2]
Question 1
How would you analyze a video clip to determine if it was shot by an amateur or a professional?
The interviewer was very nice, one interviewer didn't show up so I rescheduled it. When I didn't come up with the best solution, the interveiwer was very patient and give me hint as many as possible
1 screening round + 3 onsite round
All rounds were focused on DSA that included topics like strings, linked list, heap and dynamic programming. Screening round had 2 questions on qualifying which I was eligible for onsite and Googliness rounds. The whole process took nearlying 2.5 months
