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.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer Internship according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Other: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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1 coding assessment. 2 back to back phone interviews. Really open and honest about anything you ask. Employees are incredibly nice and are willing to have discussions beyond the meeting.
The interview has two sessions of 45 minutes of coding question, you need to describe your approach while coding. You can choose any language you are familiar with. The interviewer will also give hints when necessary
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Question 1
Return the parent that consist of given children in a tree
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2021
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Submitted my resume, conducted an online coding assessment, and then did a final round (consisted of two 45 minute interviews). The interview process was pretty straightforward and the recruiters were really nice.
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Question 1
Signed an NDA but I had a dynamic programming question and one tree question.