Google | L3 | India

YOE: 1.10 Years
Position: SDE - 1
Location: India
Date: March 2024

I reached out to the recruiter at LinkedIn. After that, she arranged an initial phone screening call to discuss my work experience and other details. I requested to schedule my phone screening round after 2 weeks later.

Phone Screening: Similar to the Rate Logger problem on LeetCode with variations. The interviewer asked 3 follow-up questions. Feedback was positive.

Onsite 1: The problem was related to Dynamic Programming (DP) with 2 follow-up questions. I had to write complete code for all the follow-ups.

Onsite 2: The problem involved Breadth-First Search (BFS) with 2 follow-up questions. Similar to the previous round, I had to write complete working code for all the follow-ups.

Onsite 3: Related to sliding window with 2 follow-up questions. With 10-15 minutes left, the interviewer asked one more problem related to Depth-First Search (DFS).

Googliness: Standard behavioral questions.

After 3 days, I received a call from the recruiter stating that all rounds went well. She forwarded my application for Team Matching (TM) and scheduled a call with a Hiring Manager (HM) for the same day. After 2-3 days, she confirmed that the HM had given the green signal. In the meantime, she also received approval from the Hiring Committee (HC).

The overall process took around 2 weeks from my last round to receiving the offer letter.