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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One on one interview: 33%
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I had a phone screen with a puzzle question. Then an in person Interview, with three interviewers, each asking more puzzle questions. Filler words here as there is a thirty word minimum
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
A google recruiter reach out to my email if I was interested in interning 2022 summer at google.I said yes we schedule a call after few weeks she sent me an invitation link to apply.I did apply and was schedule for a technical interview in some weeks time .Two coding challenge 90 minutes back to back
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Question 1
given an non empty string consisting of n letters return the number of possible splits into two parts such that the number of distinct letters in each part is equal
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Got an email asking to provide availability and basic information. Had two back to back 45 minute interviews with time at the end to ask questions. They went smoothly and then and it takes roughly two weeks to receive a decision.