Application
I applied to Google, Zurich (L3 – New Grad) at the beginning of Feb 2022. A recruiter contacted me 2 weeks later for a conversation. Basic HR questions, “Describe your professional background”, “Can you relocate?” etc. I scheduled a Phone Interview a month later.
Phone Interview
Basic 45 minutes interview. The question was an EASY (based on leetcode questions) one, very simillar to LC 359. It had to follow ups which I managed to solve. Follow-ups were also EASY
The recruiter contacted me later that day, saying that I passed the interview and that I am moving to the Virtual On-Site. I asked for two months of preparation time.
Technical Interview 1
The question was an EASY one, related to Lists and Maps. It had one follow-up, which was also EASY. Inteviewer was communicative and the experience was a pleasant one.
Technical Interview 2
The question was a MED one, related to Lists and Maps. I founded the solution pretty straigth forward to implement, but it was a lengthy one. The interview experience was not so pleasant, as the interviewer’s English was not very good, neither was the microphone he used.
Technical Interview 3
The HR provided the wrong link to the meeting so I had to reschedule. The question was a HARD one, having a few corner cases to be careful at. The question was related to graphs and dfs (cycle detection). The interviewer provided me with hints in order for me to reach the solution.
Googleyness Inteview
Normal situational interview. Very basic HR interview.