SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 42 days.
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You get an online assesment followed by up to three face to face interviews. Normally, two are enought, but if one was positive and the other not so positive, you get a chance to redeem yourself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of obstacles, the size of a matrix, and the position of the starting and ending point, return the path from the start to the goal.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Shanghái, Shanghai)
Interview
There are two rounds, the first round's question is very hard, perhaps the leetcode hard level, the second round is easier, it is a presum question, perhaps the leetcode medium level.
Normal Phone Interview. I had a phone interview with two Google employees where they asked me to solve a Leet code-style algorithm question. Questions evolved, having the interview adding more complexity to the question the further along you get in the interview.