I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Ciudad de Mexico) in Jun 2025
Interview
The technical interview problems were very LeetCode-style, focusing on algorithms and data structures. The challenges could be solved using SQL or Python, but I was given the option to choose between Python or R for my implementation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The problems were related to grouping data or selecting specific fields/columns from a table or dataframe. also merge and join. pandas.
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Technical screening and onsite rounds were done pretty smoothly. Overall the interview questions weren't that difficult, SQL questions were easy, focus was more on the product case and A/B testing related. Interviewers were nice and easy to talk to. Recruiter was pretty responsive but wasn't entirely transparent about the level or the process after the onsite rounds until I explicitly asked. I've been in the team matching phase for 2 months now which is pretty slow and I don't really get updates from my recruiter when/if the team doesn't want to move forward. I'm just assuming since I don't hear updates that they don't. I also don't think my package has even been sent to HC yet until after a successful team match has happened.
Recruiter has kind of been responding slower ever since I mentioned I made it to the team match at another company. Makes me feel like they don't really care about me and wasting everyones time. Still waiting to see if I get an offer or if I'll be stuck in the team match phase forever.
I interviewed for a Data Scientist role in the new Chrome team in the Warsaw office, right after finishing my PhD. Out of three rounds of interviews, I had completed two. The first one is the call with HR. It consisted mainly of two questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about yourself. Walk me through your CV.
2. Would the pace and speed of projects be a potential weakness for someone of your background in switching from academia to industry?