!process google third interview

[hybrid knot]

What role/level?

[rustic geode]

Early career, so new grad

[hybrid knot]

Dates for process?

Also how was OA?

[rustic geode]

I got OA Early December,
1st round one interview end of december, other one early january
2nd round onsite Feb 4th
Third interview Mar 2nd

[rustic geode]

not bad at all

you have a lot of time for two chill problems, just make sure you have clean code

[hybrid knot]

I see. I have been cramming LC but I wonder if I should just take sooner rather than later.

[rustic geode]

def take it soon, idt u need to grind out LC too hard for OA

[hybrid knot]

How would you say you are with leetcode? To get to R2, I am curious what the standard is for early career

[rustic geode]

I’m good but I can definitely be better, I have like 350 solved and I grinded ~200 overall throughout this process, but I’d recommend really building on foundations

NC150 probably best bet

I also had winter break to grind

[hybrid knot]

Ah okay, I am trying to focus on NC150. I have most of the easies done and working through mediums.

Assuming I pass OA i think it’s plenty of time to grind, i’m trying to do like 5 a day

I have plenty of time at work to just do leetcode lmao i did it all day yesterday

[rustic geode]

yeah def, I think you can do NC150 and if u finish maybe run through some recent tagged

[hybrid knot]

Does tagged problems bot still work?

Last I saw it was broken

Might just buy a month of LC premium

Oh also any areas you’d recommend? Not necessarily asking you to reveal interview info, but you say foundations and I wonder how far that goes. For example i’m shit with sorting algos

[rustic geode]

i think lc was bugged a few days ago

[rustic geode]

i’d recommend this but you don’t need it, I didn’t really use editorial as much mostly just asked gemini. But the tagged is nice to have

[rustic geode]

So I think you should go through 150, see what you’re good with see what you’re lacking and grind out similar problems wherever you’re lacking. I have a notes doc where I wrote down notes for every problem I did to revisit in the future in case I needed to see how I did it

[rustic geode]

I think this is accurate

[hybrid knot]

Oh okay here we go, the bot is working

[rustic geode]

idk if u need to do this but I like having my own old solution listed and summarized in my own words rather than just reading editorial

also watch neetcodes videos if u wanna build foundation on a skill

[hybrid knot]

How do you feel about math problems and more of the “trick” kind of stuff, as well as bit manipulation

[rustic geode]

I’m like naturally decent with bit manipulation, but a lot of the tricks they use in high level problems are super gimmicky

I didn’t really prep for them, I don’t see a point in it for google where they’re looking for thought process too

Def take a look but don’t spend too much time on it imo

[vapid hearth]

Oh I didn’t know Google does a third interview

[north terrace]

if hc can't give a conclusive judgment after 2 rounds they can order a third round

[vapid hearth]

Ah I see thanks. Is round 3 just 1 technical

[north terrace]

1 or 2 depending on circumstances but it's all tech

[rustic geode]

yea i had 1 tech

im just not sure how influential this last interview is compared to the other ones

cuz it went well but hard to tell w google

[rustic geode]

is hc hiring coordinators?

[north terrace]

what

[rustic geode]

what does hc stand for sorry

😭

[north terrace]

hiring committee

[rustic geode]

o ok thanks

[vapid hearth]

Thanks

@north terrace did you interview with Google?

[north terrace]

yeah i'm in tm now

[vapid hearth]

wow congrats, good luck 🤞

Been 3 weeks since my onsite so just waiting now

[vapid hearth]

@rustic geode did you hear back from round 3?