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Application submission: Candidates can apply for job openings online or be referred by a current employee. Initial HR screening: If the candidate's application meets the qualifications for the position, they will receive an email or phone call from

I concurrently applied for an opening on Google's YouTube team and was put in contact with a recruiter by an old neighbor. The YouTube application turned into a 45-minute phone interview, which turned into four onsite interviews of similar length.

Take-home quiz with 2 problems. Phone interview with 2 problems. On-site with 4 problems, all programming questions. It was before they adopted behavioral questions. Difficulty was mostly medium, except for 2 problems: 1 graph and 1 DP.