Google Software Engineer Internship interview questions
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After a call with a recruiter briefly discussing elements of my resume, I had two technical phone interviews. Both were about 30 minutes long and started with a relatively simple coding question, but then had extensions mostly for discussion about how I would modify or test various aspects of my solution.
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Typical algorithm and data structures questions. They cared much more about the thought process than on syntax.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google in Aug 2018
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Applied online. Got an email to schedule an interview call in a couple of days. Two 45 minute interview calls back-to-back. The first interviewer was friendly and helpful. Like other people here have said, it was more like a discussion. The second interviewer was rather curt and rude. He had a strong accent and explained the problem really badly to begin with. It took me a good 7-8 minutes to understand the problem statement, which could've been easily explained in 2 sentences (or better still, typed out). From then on, he was absolutely silent the whole way and would give one-word answers to my queries. Contrasting experiences with the two interviewers really.
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String manipulation questions. I'd say equivalent to Leetcode 'medium' level difficulty.
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Google in Jun 2018
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Applied online for the Fall 2018 internship. Got contacted by a recruiter and receive a coding challenge about 1 week later. After I complete the coding challenge, I was scheduled for 2 back to back phone interviews. Heard back from the recruiter about 2 weeks after the interview and I was put into a pool for applications who passed the technical.
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Many variations to a simple coding problem to see if you can adapt your algorithm to different situations.