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Google Engineering Practicum Interview Experience

December 22, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

After speaking to a recruiter, an interview with two software engineers was scheduled.

I honestly thought an internship at Google was something I really wanted, but after this interview process, I sincerely have no interest in going out of my way to work for Google.

One of the interviewers was extremely rude, always making smirk remarks. When asked how his experience was at Google, he said, "Um, I'm getting by. Do you have any more questions? No? Okay."

I recall answering all his questions, to the point where he was pondering what to ask me. The question he came up with on the spot seemed like it wasn't even formulated correctly. He asked to apply a graph algorithm to something that was not even remotely a graph, and overall, there was no connection on how this would lead to some result. It was a bad question.

Interviews with these big companies are always underwhelming, to say the least.

Questions

Sums of the leaves on a tree (recursively and using a graph)

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 81 interview experiences for the Google Google Engineering Practicum role in United States.

Success Rate

30%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Google Engineering Practicum roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive75%
Neutral16%
Negative9%

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

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