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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

January 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first round is a coding test. One easy and one medium-level LeetCode question are asked.

The second round consists of two 45-minute phone interviews. These interviews were purely algorithmic coding questions, which you had to code in a Google Doc using C++, Java, Python, or JavaScript.

Questions

For a given string, check whether it is "smashable".

Smashable means whether a word can be reduced to a single character, which is in your predefined dictionary of words. Every intermediate word during the reduction should also lie in the dictionary.

For example: Given: SPRINT PRINT PINT PIT IT I

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 482 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive70%
Neutral25%
Negative5%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

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