Google Software Engineer Internship interview questions
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Software Engineer Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 43 days.
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Applied through career fair at my college and received some remote interviews and an in-person interview. They responded quickly to any questions and were friendly and welcoming. The in-person interview included lunch.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Oct 2018
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The process can take from 2 weeks to a few months, depending on the dates that you`re available. For me, it took 3 weeks, which included talking to a recruiter and then two back to back interviews. The interviewers were very friendly and cooperative!
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String manipulation, algorithms, a bit of combinatorics
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Google
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Coding sample/challenge => back-to-back (45 mins each) technical phone interviews => hiring committee approval => project search/host match phase => call with potential hosts => move forward with host => final offer approval.
The interviews themselves went smooth, however the entire process is very annoying and long. There were usually 3 weeks between each of those steps. Project search phase is very stressful and you are not guaranteed a match. They should have at least one behavioral interview instead of only focusing on technical skills.
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Question 1
Determine if a graph is disconnected given a list of nodes