I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube in Feb 2020
Interview
5 interviews and lunch. 4 Technical interviews and 1 soft skills interview. The bar is really high. I solved all problems with minor hints and still didn't pass. The feedback was I was weak in datastructures. It was my first time interviewing with them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
4 coding interviews where you are asked to solve a problem. You need to come up with data structure and algorithm best suited for the problem.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube in Nov 2018
Interview
First interview was with a recruiter who reached out to me through LinkedIn. Typical interview where I talked about myself and my experience, as well as had the chance to ask some questions.
The second interview was with a software engineer. The coding challenge had to be done in Google doc. Question was fair I expected it to be a lot more difficult but was amazed that it was pretty average. After i finished the problem I had to give the time and space complexity of my algorithm. In all i thought the interview was fair. Still haven't received an answer on whether I am moving on to the next stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do a lot of leet code and learn how to speak your thoughts out loud
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at YouTube (San Bruno, CA) in Jul 2017
Interview
applied online to google.
referred to youtube HR after phone screening.
contacted by youtube HR to schedule interview.
onsite were 5 rounds of whiteboard coding(algos) with lunch.
a pretty standard SE interview, all test cases and coding, no mention of past projs/papers