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Software Engineering Intern Interview Experience

December 12, 2013
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Process

First, I had two technical interviews, which were back-to-back and by phone, each lasting 45 minutes. I coded in a shared Google Doc with the interviewer. They asked standard factual questions about Java and OOP (which I had stated I was familiar with) and requested I work through a programming problem in the language of my choice (I chose Perl; the interviewer wasn't familiar but was fine with that).

I made some mistakes in my code, such as not checking some boundary conditions. The interviewer asked, "What about when x = y?" I fixed it, and it was fine.

Then, I had two interviews with potential hosts. They asked me what I wanted to get out of the internship, what experience I had with the technologies they used, and how I would approach various research and engineering problems.

Questions

Google says you're not supposed to repeat specific questions. I don't remember anything anyway. Everything was pretty standard.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 58 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineering Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

34%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineering Intern roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive69%
Neutral29%
Negative2%

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

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