Interviewed at Google last week. (Recruiter didn’t mention L3/L4) Staus: Rejected. Recruiter mentioned that I have done well in 3 rounds and ‘Ok’ish in 2 rounds. Current YOE: 2 Experience: Round 1: Regarding HashMap (Easy) Round 2: Graphs Related (Medium) Round 3: Graphs Related (Medium) Round 4: Math Related problems. Started with easy one and went to hard on Follow ups Round 5: Strings (Medium) To be honest I have done well in first 3 rounds. But after interview I was bit skeptical on remaining two rounds. Overall interview experience was good for me. I thought I would make it to HC level but recruiter said that we are not moving forward.
Hey I remember you from my post! I’m sorry to hear that you got rejected. Thanks for sharing your experience. I remember my first google interview and how sad I was after I got rejected... Do you mind if I DM you?
Sure you can DM me.
Sorry, it didn't work out this time. Honestly, there is always some luck involved (in who ends up interviewing you). Many people get hired on their second attempt when they understand better how to prepare.
Yeah I was on the same impression as well. But it’s a great experience where I can work on my negatives.
Does location affect interviewer pool a lot? or is the spread of good vs bad interviewers pretty much independent of location?
Don't worry buddy. A lot of people get it after multiple tries. When I applied during college senior year, I didn't know what ctci/leetcode was. Its funny now but basically I reviewed my cs class notes and took the phone interview. Got my ass kicked. Applied again 3 years after with months of prep and got it. So yeah, you gotta prep harder. Good luck! 😃
Thanks for the words. Definitely gonna work out more hard.
Cha cha chowdhary brain works faster than computer.
Damn right!
You had your interview last week Friday right ? I had mine last Wednesday and still waiting to hear back I would be in the same boat I guess 3 good 1 okay and yeah a good amount of luck factor is also involved in the whole thing so just keep prepping I am waiting for my reject but it won’t affect me a lot cause I would keep trying for others and this reject would be like meh I didn’t get in this time will keep trying
I hope you hear back good news. That’s an awesome mindset to have though that the rejection won’t affect you. How was the difficulty of the questions? The one I had last time were 2 leetcode legit hard and 2 leetcode medium-hard questions (I had only 4 rounds last time) and I got rejected...
Yeah will definitely update here what happens next! Questions were not leetcode but similar I would say, 1 medium-easy 1 medium 2 hard for me in terms of LC
Do you mind elaborating on the math problems?
Find the distance kind of problems