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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 47 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 42 days.
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Phone interview: 25%
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Two 45min technical interviews (phone screening) - LC type algorithmic questions - and 1 host matching interview. Host matching was more of a chat about the project and my experience.
Two back to back interviews. There were two interviews done in succession, which were scheduled depending on your availability. There was only a 15 minute gap between each of the interviews.
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To create a class which implemented some sort of sorting algorithm
I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Nov 2019
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The interview process was quite enjoyable. There was even one where the interviewer and I started joking around. Which I think helped show the culture at Google. This was pretty interesting since I was a bit nervous they'd be quite rigid.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Make a n tree and compute how long it would take to reach the leaves from the root on a weighted tree.