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 61.5% 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.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
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I had three round of interview each of 45minutes. They will give a problem and we have to write the code for it in a shared google doc. First explain your approach and if the interviewer is happy with the logic he will ask you to start coding. The questions were not very hard. Clearing data structures and algorithms concepts can get you through. Geeksforgeeks is great for DSA practice and concepts.
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Given an unsorted array and a number return the indices of the number if it was present in the same array when sorted.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in May 2021
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First comes with online assessment, then HR asked for transcripts and then followed by two-round back-to-back video interviews. The process is very slow, take five months from online assessment to last round of interview
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Question 1
Tell me about a time you were under a lot of pressure. What was going on, and how did you get through it?
Tell me about a time you set a goal for yourself. How did you go about ensuring that you would meet your objective?
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I had a phone screen with a puzzle question. Then an in person Interview, with three interviewers, each asking more puzzle questions. Filler words here as there is a thirty word minimum
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