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% 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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Professional consisting of 2 rounds, they have many applicants that's why sometimes no one will appear on the call but they quickly reschedule. The interviewers are very friendly and assist you in solving tasks.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Tel Aviv) in Dec 2024
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Home assignment (was easy), two technical interviews over zoom - can be in english, after that if you pass you can be matched to a team. After the home assignment there will also be a preferences form to submit
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Question 1
A subtree is a tree with the exact same nodes as the original tree. Return true if there is a subtree in the given tree, false otherwise
The recruitment process for this position proved to be excessively lengthy and cumbersome, involving numerous stages that felt repetitive. Additionally, maintaining consistent communication with the recruiter was quite challenging, as responses were often delayed, making it difficult to stay informed about my candidacy status throughout the journey.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given N numbers: a[0], a[1], ..., a[N-1]
find i <= j such that:
a[i] = a[j]
and
sum a[i] + a[i+1] + ... + a[j-1] + a[j] is maximized.