Google Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Raleigh, NC) in Jan 2020
Interview
First I got an Online Assessment which was pretty simple. Then I was invited for an interview having 2 rounds. Each interview was 45 minutes long. Both the rounds had only coding questions. The code had to be written in a Google doc while explaining the approach to the interviewer. The interviewers give you hints if you are stuck. Both of the questions were difficult. One was a string problem and the other involved backtracking.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Los Angeles, CA) in Sep 2020
Interview
Pretty straightforward questions about trees and recursion, had issues understanding both interviewers due to white noise in the call, but were very supportive during the interview process. Recommend reviewing BFS and DFS.
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Question 1
Given a binary tree and an integer n, what is the longest path such that the different of subsequent node value is n.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
First it was two coding challenges using an online editor. After that, two phone interviews of 1 hour length each. Each call consisted of one coding problem of medium difficulty