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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Motivation interview then first technical interview with basic algorithm question then a second technical interview with more advanced questions. First one was remove, second one was inside Google HQ in Paris.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Guadalajara, Jalisco) in Jun 2021
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Had two interviews back to back. The first was a really high level data structures question, even my interviewer acknowledged it. Second one was an easier array question.
I got called back for a third interview. It involved searching in an array. Overall a pleasant talk.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Nov 2019
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It was smooth. It was my first interview and the interviewer was really nice and made me feel comfortable. It seemed more like pair programming to me than an actual interview process