Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
The interviewers were really nice. Both set up online docs for us to code on, so they could see me code.
Questions tended to be pretty open-ended, allowing you to go where you wanted with them. However, this did require that you knew the subjects they asked you about really well.
Questions
Redefine a function (signature given) to write data to a new replacement for an antiquated database (which you previously designed).
Write a function to return the longest common prefix between two strings.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer Intern role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in Mountain View, California is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer Intern interview process in Mountain View, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Exceptional Internship Experience, Highly RecommendSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesNovember 19, 2014Pros: Friendly and helpful people around you. More than 20 cafes are available. Convenient transportation (Free shuttle and GBike). High salary, of course.Cons: The campus is too big. Some projects are trivial. I cannot think of any more since the intern program is so fancy.
- 5.0A great place to work, learn, and have funSoftware Engineer Intern • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 5, 2012Pros: Very attractive company culture; great work-life balance; genius co-workers; some interesting intern events; very nice recruiting team; good pay; free food, and many more things.Cons: Basically no. Maybe the gifts are not very exciting.
- 5.0Awesome Perks, But Felt Left OutSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 29, 2016Pros: Absolutely awesome work, perks, food, and culture.Cons: Huge company. Can sometimes feel left out.
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