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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scheduled two coding interviews at first. The first question was not that difficult but I mistakenly failed to give the correct answer. But for the second, I thought my answer was what the interviewer expected.
Being good at only one question made me took an additional third interview where the question was very difficult to solve within 30 min. Finally, could not get an offer.
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about the graph and BFS
calculate time complexities of your solutions
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Google
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The interview process was all in all a fun experience, being a college student at an HBCU the recruiting process was intimate and hopeful, the recruiters had great energy and wanted us all to do well. We traveled to the New York City location together on bus, payed for by Google (nice!), we were able to relax, eat, practice, and enjoy our time before interviewing which helped lighten any anxiety. By the time I was sent in for my interview I was calmer, and more than anything, excited.
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My interview question was about linked lists, using and manipulating them.
Applied through online and interview process of pretty quick. Heard back in two weeks or so after applying and got an interview. Did two phone interviews. One went well but the second one did not go well.