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%
Presentation: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Other: 17%
Skills test: 17%
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You do a resume drop with details and keywords, two resume screens one after online assessment and one before, you do 2-3 technical interviews testing your leetcode ability, you get ranked on a scale from no hire to strong hire, if your feedback is good you move onto team match where you then are interviewed individually with a bunch of teams until one decides to hire you
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2024
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back 2 back, 2 rounds of 1hr interview with 10mins break between with different interviewers. Problems are modified from leetcode, both are medium level. Need to describe your solution first and then write the code, dry run and then analysis complexity. Should be providing optimized solution after hinted by the interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bangalore Rural) in Jan 2025
Interview
It was of 3 rounds last round googleness + technical. The asked 2 questions one was easy to medium and another was hard. Fistly the brute force approach and then the optimized.