There are a lot of system design questions. I have got three more interviews, including one with a team manager. The algorithm questions are not typically hard like at Google SWE, however, the interviewer is picky on the implementation.
How to build a system like paste.com?
How to build an LRU cache?
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Google Applications Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Google's interview process for their Applications Engineer roles in San Jose, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Applications Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.