Google Software Developer interview questions

Initially emailed by HR to set up an initial screening. Phone screening was just background questions and questions about my education. Technical interview came about a week later. It was a bit strange because the person who originally contacted me (HR) ended up either moving to another position or got left for some reason, so I got passed around a lot and had 3 HR people throughout the process.

For now I'm waiting for the result of the phone interview. ＊The hiring process in Google Taipei ( in my experience) 1. hand in the resume to the job opening in Google's website 2. HR will contact you (if your resume is attractive enough), but it may take very long time 3. phone interview (45min, about 2 technical questions) if you pass the phone interview↓↓↓ 4. five on-site interviews in a day ( I haven't got it yet) ＊preparation 1. book to read: "Programming Pearl", "Cracking the Coding Interview" 2. website: leetcode, career cup 3. review basic data structures and algorithms ＊detail (The process from applying to having the opportunity of phone interview) 1. The first call : I applied online when I saw the position opening of software engineer in Taipei on Mar 2014. After about 1 month, I received a call from a Google recruiter. He asked me about mt preference of working location since there are some other openings in Hong Kong and China. I told him I preferred working in Taiwan and then he told me he would transfer my resume to Google Taipei but I need to wait since they were very busy. 2. The email from Google Taipei : On May 21, when I was about to give up, I got an email from Google HR and then we discussed the time that she could call me through email. On May 27, she called me and asked some questions about my resume, including my experience, why did I want to work for Google, was there any other competing offer, and lastly did I have any question. Also she explained the whole hiring process to me. It was easy and relaxed. The HR was very nice and no difficult questions once your resume only includes the fact. At the end, I asked her if I could postpone the phone interview until I finished my master oral defense which is around the end of June. She said it was totally fine and she would contact me in another two weeks. 3.An email about how to prepare the interview : Right after we ended the conversation, I got an email from the HR. The email includes a lot of information, such as how to prepare for Google technical interview, which books are recommended to read, some preparation tips, videos. I borrowed the book "Programming Pearl" and "Cracking the Coding Interview" to read. Also I constantly practiced coding on the website "leetcode". I kept practicing and had waited for a long time. On July 7, I sent her an email to make sure that I still had the chance to interview. And then she arranged a phone interview on July 16. 4.The phone interview : (in Chinese mandarin) Refer to the "Most Difficult or Unexpected Question" part