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.
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3 rounds all LeetCode Easy/mediums. Each round was 45 mins and done over phone call. Didn’t ask any questions about me. Felt like I needed to code and talk about what I was doing
The HR reached out via email. In 2-3 weeks, the interview was arranged. The phone interview contained three questions with a google doc link. We have to give out a pseudo code. If it was available, we would then explain in detail.
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Depth-first search related questions, and dynamic programming.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google (Sydney) in Apr 2021
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The OA is a bit harder than I imagined. The word limit is at least 30 words, hmm, I got the online challenge link one week after I submitted my resume. I think I didn't do very well in OA.
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2 questions. The first one is fairly easy, the second one is a really hard DP question.