Google Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
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Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2020
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I had two interview in December 2020. Because of holidays and received answer in January that I will have one follow up interview, because they need more information to make decision
1 coding assessment. 2 back to back phone interviews. Really open and honest about anything you ask. Employees are incredibly nice and are willing to have discussions beyond the meeting.
The interview has two sessions of 45 minutes of coding question, you need to describe your approach while coding. You can choose any language you are familiar with. The interviewer will also give hints when necessary
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Question 1
Return the parent that consist of given children in a tree