I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google (Dublin, Dublin) in Aug 2018
Interview
Informal phone interview about my current work. The interview was nice and took around 20 minutes.
After that, she asked several language-specific questions (ex. Java), followed by basic algorithm / structures questions.
Very intense and I had to do about three separate interview rounds with about five to six separate interviewers. I was asked a lot of questions about coding and google and about my experience.
Straightforward process, exactly what the recruiter described. Several technical interviews and some personal interviews. When it wasn't clear if they could hire/reject me they gave me an additional technical interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Jul 2025
Interview
It started with an telephone interview on DSA questions, after that there is an onsite round with 3 role-specific rounds focused on system-design,Linux/Unix and Debugging rounds, the interviews are very open-ended