𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮)

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀:

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 (20–30 mins) — Non-technical chat about your resume and background. Get ready to answer questions like Why #google? Why are you leaving your current job? What’s your biggest achievement?

👉 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 (40–60 mins) — One or two phone screens with the hiring manager or a Google employee. You’ll solve a coding question related to #datastructures and #algorithms on a shared Google Doc. Some questions on your background.

👉 𝗢𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗽 (4–5 interviews) — #coding and #systemdesign questions. Expect questions about slightly harder data structure, algorithms, and system design.

Google evaluates candidates on 4 criteria:

𝟭) 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
Googleyness means putting the user first, being friendly, approachable, humble, doing something nice for others, being proactive, and keeping your eye on the goal. You’ll be judged for being a team player and having a bias for action.

𝟮) 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
Your ability to solve problems and explain your thought process. Expect open-ended questions like how would you optimize this further? The interviewer wants to know how you learn and adapt to a situation.

𝟯) 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
Your ability to take on challenging problems and step back when it’s not needed. They’ll gauge if you can mobilize a team to solve a difficult situation. Get ready to answer questions like, how have you demonstrated leadership when you weren’t the manager? how have you dealt with trade-offs and ambiguity?

𝟰) 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲
Is your technical expertise sufficient to drive impact at Google? How will you grow and scale with the company? Questions: Tell me about a recent/interesting project you worked on. How would you design a task scheduling system?

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀

Data Structures — Practice Heaps, HashTable, Tree, Stack, Queue, Graph, and Trie.
Algorithm — Practice Dynamic Programming, Quick-Sort, Breadth-first, and Depth-first search.
Explain your thought process — Practice describing your design decisions clearly and concisely.
Collaborate — Don’t forget to discuss tradeoffs, present multiple solutions, and take hints from the interviewer.