YouTube Software Engineer interview experience

The recruiting timeline moved into a multi-interview sequence: there were seven interviews total, with two phone interviews followed by five on-site interviews.

The phone rounds were about 45 minutes each and both were with engineering team members. The first round had two coding questions along with simpler background-style questions; the second round skewed more technical. During one phone call, the interviewer was friendly but their accent made it harder to interpret questions, and my interview ended without much time for questions at the end because someone else needed the