I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google Cloud (Warsaw, Masovia) in Sep 2022
Interview
A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn, and we scheduled a coding interview. I prepared by doing some LeetCode exercises at the easy and medium levels, but during the interview, I was asked a hard graph-related problem and ended up failing. The interviewer was very polite and patient—a really pleasant person. Overall, it was a good experience, though the questions were insanely difficult.
Hard LeetCode-style interviews (often seen at top tech companies) are, by design, exceptionally difficult, focusing on niche algorithms, complex data structures, or "have-you-seen-it-before" problems within a short, high-pressure timeframe. Many developers, even senior ones, struggle with these, often viewing them as flawed, high-pressure "theater" rather than a reflection of day-to-day engineering skill.
I had 3 interview rounds and all of them were leetcode medium-hard style including behavioral questions. Overall process was slow and took around 2 months. Interviewers were nice and helpful.
The interview process was quite a lengthy and challenging experience, with several rounds of interviews over an extended period of time. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive an offer from Google Cloud.
