I was able to skip the phone screening this time I applied, likely because I had already been through that process before. I was invited on-site for a day of interviews.
In total, I had five technical interviews, most of which consisted of technical questions around data structures and algorithms.
One of the interviews was around my dissertation; however, the person assigned for that interview was completely unaware of the topic of my work. He worked in programming languages, and I work in human-computer interaction, so it was not productive.
There was also a break for lunch with one of the employees.
They asked the typical large tech company interview questions.
The following metrics were computed from 3,728 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in United States.
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in United States.