I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
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Was very quick as I already had another competing offer from Microsoft.
Interview was scheduled as soon as I sent my resume through employee referral. And got the offer letter very fast.
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Question 1
Log structured file system synchronization design.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Cambridge, MA) in Jul 2012
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In one word, long. Had just resent resume when I was contacted by them from a resume sent three years prior. After going through three different HR people, was finally put in touch with local HR person who setup a phone screen, including a virtual white board. At some point along the way was told of an six week period before an offer was made if everything went smoothly. After making it through phone screen, attending an in-house interview coaching session, and getting past the first round of in-person interviews, I was then told the six week period started. I didn't have the luxury of waiting that long, if an offer was even to be forthcoming. And, I wasn't even interviewing for a specific job.
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Question 1
How would you go about checking if a grid of letters had Boggle-style words in there via connected letters, length, etc.
I applied online. The process took 6+ months. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2014
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Applied online and 7 months later received a phone call from recruiter.
Phone screen appointment was setup for the following week.
At phone screen, recruiter first described position then setup a coaching prep appointment.
Recruiter asked questions then attacked my answers with accusations I wasn't a team player and being too excited.
2 weeks later, hiring manager called and yelled the questions at me which I answered
coolly and competently. 1 week later, recruiter feedback was that my answers were all correct but too detailed since this was not an on site interview. Recruiter also laughed at how I answered manager's questions.
Most demeaning and insulting interview of my life.
PS: I caught the hiring manager making a technical mistake about databases.
Based on this incident and their buggy Android platform,
their engineers are NOT superior to Silicon Valley engineers in general.
It is all theater for the stock holders.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many ants can you count living inside an ant hill?