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Updated Mar 1, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Intern at Google
Posted Nov 27, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 (took a day)
Two phone interviews.
1st one is about algorithm. Questions are about how to deal with large amount of data and time series analysis.
2nd one is programming question. Binary tree traversal and conversion from integer to strings.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Intern at Google
Posted Nov 17, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 (took 4+ weeks)
I had a strange interview experience - the first interview was very straightforward, coding/algorithms questions. I really clicked with the interviewer, he asked me what my favorite course was was and it turned out he used to teach a version of that course - I'm sure that didn't hurt. The second interview was a videoconference with the leader of the team that I ended up getting placed on - he mostly told me about the project and really didn't ask me much of anything at all. I'm really not sure how they decided I was qualified for the position.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at Google
Posted Aug 30, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)
We started by trying to share a google doc. The recruiter was ill-skilled to even get a google doc to share, very disappointing and frustrating to start the interview by simply thinking of the quality of the recruiter itself (who can be a potential colleague). Asked me stupid puzzle questions which are primarily aimed at undergrads and I was into my 3years of PhD, working in areas of web-search that I felt a deep sense of disappointment inside me and I decided to casually spent the time before he help up.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Intern at Google
Posted Apr 13, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 (took a day)
2 phone interviews, back to back. asked a lot on resume, algorithms, data structures, was asked to write code in C. Asked questions on stocks trading, 20% time, designing a paint application, write code for flood-fill. second interview was mostly on algorithm design only. asked heavily on run times of the approches i suggested.
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Negotiation Details
Didnt negotiate, accept the offer if you get one. Probably overhyped, but nice free food :)
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Intern at Google
Posted Nov 4, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2008 in Zurich (Switzerland) (took 3 weeks)
The interview process was handled very professionally. First I was contacted by a recruiter with whom I had my first screening interview. Next, he scheduled two phone interviews with people from a team where I would be placed. One was a very technical interview, with an engineer. The second interview (with a manager) was more business oriented. I don't remember all the questions, but they were not very difficult. After a week or so from my last interview I received an offer.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
no negotiation.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at Google
Posted Sep 21, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Dublin, County Dublin (Ireland) (took 4+ weeks)
Applied online, after which it took about a month for Google to get back to me regarding interviews. First interview with recruiter who did a background check after which she informed me of two additional interviews: the interviewers were from the same market; one of them was a potential team member and the other my potential manager. Manager asked me more interesting questions about my views on the industry and Googles strategic outlook, while the team member asked me more elementary questions about past experiences.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Nothing
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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