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    Google Intern Interview Questions

    Updated May 15, 2017
    244 Interview Reviews

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    Anonymous Interview Candidate
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    Interview

    Got an interview through a school recruiter and was contacted for a two interviews a weeks later. The questions weren't too difficult, but I got stuck on one of them and the interviewer encouraged me to try every idea I had until I got it. Took around 2 weeks for them to respond.

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      Intern Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Venice, CA
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      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google (Venice, CA) in March 2017.

      Interview

      First was a generic application field (i.e. background, skills, interests, cover letter, etc). Next round consists of live interview (done over web) asking to answer a number of statistical or programming questions

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      • Describe how you would organize an Excel spreadsheet of given data based on certain requirements.   1 Answer

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      Intern Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Google in January 2017.

      Interview

      Initially it was 2 technical 45 minute phone interviews. Need to code on a shared google doc.
      Then they called for an additional one. So 3 interviews in total. It took around a 3 weeks.

      I wouldn't call it a difficult interview. The questions were very straightforward. No googliness or puzzles. Basic data structures and algorithm, especially trees. 2 of my rounds were on trees. If you are done with CTCI, you should be able to ease it. Get your data structures strong, really strong . Also, get comfortable coding. This is very vital, as interview preps can stress you out and you can blank out even on the basics. So practice a lot.

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      • Basic Tree operations.
        Merging arrays.           1 Answer

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      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Google in January 2017.

      Interview

      I had several rounds of phone and Hangouts interviews which were 45 minutes each. Ideally the time is spent with 5-10 minutes for introductions, 30 minutes to answer a technical question, and the remaining time for follow-up questions. Questions aren't hard but require looking beyond the first solution and optimizing. I was disappointed in how little the interviewers asked me about myself or my projects. Maybe two of my interviews did so.

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      • Questions cannot be shared due to NDA   1 Answer

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      Intern Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Neutral Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Google in December 2016.

      Interview

      Applied through website. Contacted by recruiter two weeks later. Quick scheduling of two coding interviews. Decision within two weeks. Would've been possible to speed up process but we had enough time.

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      • What can happen if you modify a List in Java while iterating through it in another thread?   2 Answers

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      Intern Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Neutral Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Google.

      Interview

      Originally only have one round. After my first round, they added another round, then I bombed the second one. Overall very clear instructions. The people are very nice. I did one question for the first round and two for the second round. Will apply again next year. Good luck guys!

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      Intern Interview

      Anonymous Employee
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google.

      Interview

      Applied online, then two on-campus interviews. Friendly recruiters and very quick turnaround. My interviews basically dove straight into technical questions, not much discussion of my resume or experience. Some other people had an additional phone screen after.

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      Intern Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Google in October 2016.

      Interview

      A recruiter reached out to me, and I had a brief 20 minute phone screening. Then I was scheduled 2 45 minute interviews. The recruiter was so helpful and guided me through everything -- I was emailed so many resources to prepare for the interviews. The questions in both of my interviews were much easier than anything I had studied for, which was surprising. Overall, the whole process was very smooth, and everyone was really helpful.

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      Anonymous Employee in Durham, NC
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Durham, NC) in October 2016.

      Interview

      Nice recruiter he helps me a lot for the process. When I have trouble he will try to give me hint. In the end he also asks me a bonus question. Of course it is not so hard. But for me the first interview is not as easy as the second one.

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      Intern Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Ann Arbor, MI
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Ann Arbor, MI) in October 2016.

      Interview

      It was overall good, I got an email from a recruiter in the summer asking for my resume and transcript. He then scheduled 2 phone interviews. It was overall ok, they took two weeks to respond after the interviews.

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