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%
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2020
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The technical interview was great. The problems weren't very difficult and the interviewers were very professional. I passed the technical interview but they couldn't find me a project which I thought would be a very unlikely thing to happen. Disappointed they don't guarantee a project once you pass the technical interview.
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Question 1
Standard programming questions from Leetcode. Easy-Medium difficulty.
After online assessments, they scheduled back to back phone interviews. Both of them are about algorithms and data structure, straightforward and clean. No other things to be discussed. Then an additional round interview with a design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Problem 1 DFS problem to follow the drip down to the tree. Problem 2 Dictionary using BFS to build ladders.
In the third interview, design a pattern interpreter.
The interview process consists of different rounds
Online coding assessment - 2 coding questions
Phone interview - 2 coding questions
after clearing this round there is one more round which need to be clear