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Google Software Engineer Test Interview
Posted Nov 20, 2009 2009-11-20 15:46 PST
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Mountain View, CA (took 4 weeks)
Made an application online for an internship position , was contacted and told am being considered for full-time position . Then two back to back phone interview were scheduled.
Phone Interview 1: Few questions on background and interest , followed by technical Questions
Phone Interview 2: About the same more stress to testing scenarios.
Onsite interview : 4 mostly algorithm questions . Rounds near continuous with a lunch break () ( should be considered an interview as well)
Response : Phone response after two weeks that was not selected.
Interview Questions
b)Find repeated occurrence of character in a string ?
Phone interview 2 : a) Given a 2D matrix of numbers find the position of number . Constraints of matrix number always in increasing order left to right and top to bottom .
b)When should version control be used . And a tricky discreet math problem ?
b) some kind of list merge problem
A list of lists eg : [A,B,C] // unsorted
A= [1,2,3]
B=[2,3]
C=[1,2]
Start with List in reverse alphabetical order
eg:C merge with B removing duplicates then merge this with A doing the same .
Optimize solution
c) Intersection of two Integer lists ?
b) Skyline silhouette puzzle .
c) Discussion on uses of hash-tables and trees ?
d) Few general questions on Work and academic background .
b) Networking question of Sliding Window over udp.
b) Additional graph question related to finding a subgraph with some API specified , needed to extend the prior solution.
c) Question on C/C++ Static Modifier , relation of it to Java.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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