Google Recruitment Process (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 12 Jan, 2026

Google is an American multinational technology firm emphasizing consumer electronics, cloud computing, software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and search engine technology. Often called the world's most powerful company due to its AI advancements and market dominance.

**In short, Google:

Interview Experiences

It is always beneficial if you know what it is to be there at that moment. So, to give you an advantage, we provide you with the interview experiences of candidates who have been in your situation earlier. Make the most of it.

**Where to apply

Eligibility Criteria for Engineering Roles

Google seeks candidates for engineering roles with specific qualifications:

Google Recruitment Process: Selection Rounds

Google's hiring process typically involves 4 stages for freshers in engineering roles.

Online Round

The initial stage is an online assessment with 2 medium-hard DSA coding questions.

Technical Round-1

Technical Phone Screen: Via Google Meet/Hangouts; tech lead assesses coding and fundamentals.

**Questions Asked in Google

  1. Number of subarrays having a sum exactly equal to k
  2. How to replace a substring of a string
  3. Find length of loop in linked list
  4. Find the row with maximum number of 1s
  5. ZigZag Tree Traversal

We have resources for you from which you can prepare the programming questions that tech companies will ask you in the interview.

Technical Round-2 (For specific roles)

Onsite/Virtual: 4-5 coding rounds assessing problem-solving, system design, CS concepts, projects.

HR Round

Behavioral (Googleyness): Checks personality, attitude, soft skills, leadership principles.

You can also expect general HR questions.

Google Job Roles

Google offers diverse engineering roles:

Technical Skill Requirements for Google Roles

Coursework

Programming Skills