Google Software Engineer - Internship interview questions
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Software Engineer - Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer - Internship roles take an average of 105 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 44 days.
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2 Technical Interviews, The interviewers are very nice and helpful throughout the process making sure you are comfortable, Focus on data structures algorithms and good coding practices. Overall they schedule them very quickly and do the best to accommodate the times you provide them with.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Hong Kong) in May 2019
Interview
2 individual online tests with 2 hours duration and the timeslot is fixed by the employer. the tests are totally independent. one is specific to the case and the other is the short path problem which is a classic. the choice of language is flexible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
analyze the power of purchase of a customer going to a restaurant based on their budget.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2018
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Step 1: Application
Step 2: Placement Questionnaire and Coding assignment
Step 3: 2 technical phone interviews
Technical phone interviews are back to back 45 minute sessions, I didn't finish either of them in the time limit but they ask you towards the end how you would continue going about solving the problem
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To solve different programming questions using a language of my choice.