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Before giving the interview for Application Engineer at Google, I had tried for the roles of Software Developer as well as Strategic Cloud Engineer, which I didn’t get through. I received an email from HR who was handling my candidature for the previous two roles regarding an opportunity for the AE role. So the process comprised 3 technical interviews, based on problem-solving (DSA and Algo) and system design.
ROUND 3: This round was again based on problem-solving, the question being https://leetcode.com/problems/happy-number/. The interview length was again an hour, the first 15 mins were devoted to discussing my projects, code solving comprised the next half an hour, and the rest, was the same as the previous rounds.
ROUND 2: This round was based on system design. the interview went on for an hour, in which the first 15 mins involved a brief discussion about the projects I had done, and for the next half an hour, I was asked to design an e-commerce website. It is a standard question and the rest of the interview again focused on Google’s core values and how my personality is aligned with them.
ROUND 1: It was taken by a person who worked at one of the offices in Germany. For the first 15mins, we discussed the projects I mentioned in my resume, why did I choose to do them, and went deep into the technologies I used. Then, I was given a question to solve. The question was relatively on the easier end and he explained it through an example of Google photos, which I don’t remember exactly how it was related, unfortunately, but in a nutshell, the question was:
2 weeks later I was asked to email them my transcripts, and in another week I received a call from my recruiter congratulating me I received the job!