Chances for Google offer? Virtual onsite experience

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exgooglerl

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exgooglerl
May 14, 2021 16 Comments

The recruiter gave me the option to interview as either an L4 or L5 and I decided to interview for L5.

First interview
I had a medium problem. The interviewer agreed with my solution before coding it and said the code looked good to them after I was done.

This one might be a lean hire since the problem wasn't hard and I think the interviewer typically asked 2 problems.

Second interview
The question was hard. I talked about the brute force solution and interviewer agreed that I can code it out to start out. Then I had to get a hint on how to optimize it, but as soon as I got the hint, I coded it up and the interviewer was happy at the end.

This one might be a lean hire since I had to get a hint in order to solve it optimally.

Third interview
The question was a medium-hard that was tricky. The interviewer was extremely happy with my proposed solution before coding it. After and during coding, the interviewer was happy too and at the end of the interview, they said I had done a great job.

This one might be a strong hire or hire.

Fourth interview
The leadership and googliness interview had the toughest questions I've had for a behavioral interview. The interviewer didn't seem too satisfied with my answers and kept digging deeper.

Overall, I think in this one I didn't demonstrate red flags, but it'll probably get me down leveled.

Fifth interview
System design went well. The interviewer was happy with the choices and justifications I made along the way. In this problem I reached talking about scalability, how to deploy the solution, and how to expand the scope later on.

I think this might be a hire or at worst lean hire.

The recruiter also already has me matched for a specific org, but not necessarily a specific team. I'm still unclear on how that works exactly.

I have several internal references one of which is a previous manager that works at G now.

Overall, huge props to the Google interviewers. They were kind and collaborative.

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  • Indeed
    oabd

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    oabd
    HC recommended to hire at L5 since I nailed the system design.

    I am over the moon right now. It's unreal!!!
    May 20, 2021 0
  • Uber
    DollarSign

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    DollarSign
    I mock interviewed OP for system design interviews and helped with some feedback, tips and resources. If anyone else is interested please feel free to DM me.

    Only people preparing for Senior level roles.
    May 14, 2021 4
  • Indeed
    kokea

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    kokea
    Update: going to hiring committee
    May 18, 2021 2
  • Facebook / Eng
    tyiulum

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    tyiulum
    Not sure what leads Google to downlevel so much these days. My experience was getting several L5 equivalent offers elsewhere easily, but despite performing better than usual in my G interview they leveled me at L4 promising to redo a coding round to level me at L5 following team match. Got one boring-sounding team interview that I rejected, then radio silence for a month.

    Ended up dipping out of the process for a company that doesn't put candidates through that bs. Several friends have had similar experience where G will offer N-1 and then press you to redo a round to get approved for N. Feels like negging strategy to weaken the candidate's mentality before lowballing them... Not sure how much this is even tied to interview performance.
    May 14, 2021 1
  • Microsoft / Eng
    xchdna

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    xchdna
    Can't say in my opinion you could get both of them but chances are leaning towards L4 if not backed with YoE
    May 14, 2021 0