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.
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Skills test: 50%
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Phone interview: 25%
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Passed the interviews - recruiter & interviewers were very friendly. Reached host matching process, didn't land the internship due to Google being unable to sponsor J1 Visa for Summer 2021.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Dallas, TX) in Nov 2020
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The interview Process started with two separate coding session. The first round was quiet nice and well but the second one did not go well. The second interviewer was a bit arrogant and rude sometimes.
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The first question that was really weird was that what is the difference between Switch and Repeater? (It was based on my network experience)
There were two rounds of Data Structures and Algorithms questions. Both of the rounds were forty five minute phone interviews. The calls were back to back on the same day.
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2 rounds of Data Structures & Algorithms questions. Both rounds 45 minute phone interviews