My Google Interview Experience | What I learnt from 14 Google interviews

I recently had 2 interview cycles with Google, each included 7 interviews.
In this video, I share my Google interview experience, the mistakes I made during the process and the lessons I learnt from them.
I explain what happened at each step and what I would have done differently if I had to do it again.
Hopefully you can learn from my experience :)

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[Its.all.goodman]

This is so real, like that honesty. I will share my interview experiences. I attended more than 30 companies and got rejected in all of them, except 2. One company kept me on hold and the other gave me an offer. For a certain time, I handled rejections well and after 4 to 5 months, I eventually lost my confidence and started applying for all companies irrespective of the pay they are ready to offer, it is really hard, I'm bad at coding and most of the times I got rejected in the very first round. Learnings from this is to be prepared, you need to know that concept very well before using it to solve a coding problem, for example: binary search is a searching algorithm, sometimes you may think that this problem requires some extra space to optimize, but the actual optimization might be binary search, if you understand binary search well, you can apply them easily, its all about learning the patterns). Now, Im working as a angular developer and practicing problems in my free time. I have the confidence that one day I will be a better programmer.

[Basta]

We have to look at it like actors in audition, sometimes we get the part, sometimes we don’t. It’s ok, work on your craft and prepare for the next audition, just do your best.

After interviews, don’t think about it anymore. Relax and if they say yes, ok, if not oh well.

[fafa_ghanbari]

Thank you, Shiron, for your honesty. I've only known you since yesterday and have watched a couple of your videos. What makes you stand out from others is the simple and understandable way you explain everything. Thanks again and keep going.

[beedo]

This is extremely relatable! Thank you for sharing your experience, specifically about the On-site interviews.

[BharatiSubramanian]

This was very much needed. Thank you. I have an interview coming up so this was very helpful.

[spati]

Thank you for your insight Shiran, I interviewed with Goggle in July 2021 and got rejected after 6 rounds of interviews. It was nerve wracking and my overall confidence took a toll. Yes later I did came upto terms with it. And I feel all that word by word after hearing your story.

[TF]

The hardest for me is the ego bruising. The fact that you mentioned it just validated my shitty feeling when I got my first ever rejection... (although it was for an internal posting at an already huge company). Wishing you all the best and congrats on the wedding. :)

[Qwahchees]

Thanks for sharing. I bombed a West Coast style tech interview a few weeks ago but ended up learning a lot from the interviews. I eventually got a offer I was excited for and I start tomorrow! I think the best piece of advice is accepting that we're not perfect.

[rikpatel]

Congrats! Great content, rejection is a learning lesson on where you need to focus more to prepare for your future interviews better. I recently had my Google's interview and even after failing I still feel confident that I can perform and get there, I just need to prepare a little better in the areas where I struggled during the interview.

[DavidQuesada]

What an excellent video and words of wisdom, thank you!

[satviksharma]

Congrats!
Grateful for the effort you put into sharing the knowledge. Thanks

[stevenzeng]

Just want to comment that I watched a lot of your videos to prepare for my interviews! I’m interning at Google this fall, and you were a major help! Interviews are also based a lot on luck, so don’t sweat it :)

[vinceluu]

Hi Shiran,

Just wanted to thank you for your videos. I watched a lot of them during my prep and I have offers from Microsoft, Google, and Meta!

[oscarherediamiranda]

Hi guy! This is Oscar here from Peru. Thank you for making this type of video. I hope you can make more videos about this.

[dorlg]

after more than 40 interviews at over the last year, I think the most important tip to remember is:
don't let the "No" bring you down because eventually a 'no' means that you are not the right person for the position,
which is the same as saying that this position is NOT RIGHT FOR YOU (yet\ at all).
keep learning, keep practicing, and the time will come and you will find the position that you belong to in the company that you belong to.
in my case: eventually, I've got the "yes" I've been waiting for, and I'm glad I've got this specific one, not the others, because it suits me best.

[angelosorte]

Thank you so much for sharing this! Going to have the second interview with Google on April!

[asafmor]

Great video Shiran! Good to see ya again!

[charlesopuoro]

Congratulations on the wedding. Thank you so much for this positive and encouraging video.

[pianowhizz]

10am is the brain’s highest focus time in its circadian rhythm - always book technical interviews then. First thing after lunch judges are most lenient - so book non-technical interviews then.

[greenbrommie]

I'm having my 1st interview (w/ Hiring Manager) for a Public Policy role next week, wish me luck and thanks for your tips!