Google

Engineering Practicum Interview Experience

December 1, 2016

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The first step is a simple application that requires a <1000 word essay and a resume.

The next step involves two back-to-back technical interviews over the phone, similar to LeetCode Easy in difficulty and style. They will test you on basic data structures and concepts. Each interview lasts one hour, for a total of two hours.

After this are the host matching interviews, which involve questions about your university and resume. This step can take a while, but if you can find a host that you click with, then it is fairly easy.

Questions

NDA, but study LeetCode Easy and know your basic data structures (lists, trees, etc.).

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 120 interview experiences for the Google Engineering Practicum role in United States.

Success Rate

52%

Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Engineering Practicum roles in the United States is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive80%

Neutral14%

Negative6%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Engineering Practicum interview process in United States.

Google Work Experiences

Meaningful Work, Google's Way

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

September 30, 2016

Pros: Meaningful work, lots of internal resources to use if you need help, and very transparent management.

Cons: Google has its own implementations of everything that you have to learn how to use.

Meaningful Work, Google's Way

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

September 30, 2016

Pros: Meaningful work, lots of internal resources to use if you need help, and very transparent management.

Cons: Google has its own implementations of everything that you have to learn how to use.

Open Culture, Helpful Engineers

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

August 29, 2019

Pros: Everyone is willing to help others out, and the environment is really open. So, if you want to talk to someone, you can. It's easy to email engineers who are L6 and up. This type of culture made me feel more part of a team and interested in what different types of people were doing at the company.

Cons: Put calorie information up for the cafes.

Open Culture, Helpful Engineers

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

August 29, 2019

Pros: Everyone is willing to help others out, and the environment is really open. So, if you want to talk to someone, you can. It's easy to email engineers who are L6 and up. This type of culture made me feel more part of a team and interested in what different types of people were doing at the company.

Cons: Put calorie information up for the cafes.

Great place to work

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

October 4, 2017

Pros: Great perks, great work culture.

Cons: can get lost in a big company

Great place to work

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

October 4, 2017

Pros: Great perks, great work culture.

Cons: can get lost in a big company

Meaningful Work, Google's Way

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

September 30, 2016

Pros: Meaningful work, lots of internal resources to use if you need help, and very transparent management.

Cons: Google has its own implementations of everything that you have to learn how to use.

5.0
Meaningful Work, Google's Way
Engineering Practicum • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
September 30, 2016
Pros: Meaningful work, lots of internal resources to use if you need help, and very transparent management.
Cons: Google has its own implementations of everything that you have to learn how to use.

Open Culture, Helpful Engineers

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

August 29, 2019

Pros: Everyone is willing to help others out, and the environment is really open. So, if you want to talk to someone, you can. It's easy to email engineers who are L6 and up. This type of culture made me feel more part of a team and interested in what different types of people were doing at the company.

Cons: Put calorie information up for the cafes.

4.0
Open Culture, Helpful Engineers
Engineering Practicum • Former Employee
August 29, 2019
Pros: Everyone is willing to help others out, and the environment is really open. So, if you want to talk to someone, you can. It's easy to email engineers who are L6 and up. This type of culture made me feel more part of a team and interested in what different types of people were doing at the company.
Cons: Put calorie information up for the cafes.

Great place to work

Engineering Practicum • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

October 4, 2017

Pros: Great perks, great work culture.

Cons: can get lost in a big company

5.0
Great place to work
Engineering Practicum • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
October 4, 2017
Pros: Great perks, great work culture.
Cons: can get lost in a big company

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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