A stimulating summer experience
A stimulating summer experience
Everyone's very bright and hardworking, but everyone knows this already.
More important, the Google culture is one of openness. Many docs are publicly visible, so you can learn about other projects in the company, and people enjoy talking about what they're working on.
This varies significantly by location, but some workspaces are very tightly crammed, with people sitting side-by-side at long tables. This is a distracting and unpleasant work environment. It's like being in an industrial chicken coop. Engineers need quiet!
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2 technical interviews 1 host matching interview (more explaining the project than an interview) Everyone was very nice throughout the process and very quick to respond if I had any questions. There were really no surprises in the process. Brush up
Software Engineer Intern
They ask most straightforward questions. I don't encounter complicated and tricky ones out there. Basically, they care a great deal about code quality. I believe they also design the questions according to your background. So don't panic if there are
Software Engineer Intern
It was a Google Hangout interview where I coded in a Google Doc in front of an engineer. It was supposed to be a phone interview, which instead became a Google Hangout call. The process was standard: * Behavioral questions * A coding question *
Software Engineer Intern
Mountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 20132 technical interviews 1 host matching interview (more explaining the project than an interview) Everyone was very nice throughout the process and very quick to respond if I had any questions. There were really no surprises in the process. Brush up
Software Engineer Intern
Mountain View, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2012They ask most straightforward questions. I don't encounter complicated and tricky ones out there. Basically, they care a great deal about code quality. I believe they also design the questions according to your background. So don't panic if there are
Software Engineer Intern
Mountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2012It was a Google Hangout interview where I coded in a Google Doc in front of an engineer. It was supposed to be a phone interview, which instead became a Google Hangout call. The process was standard: * Behavioral questions * A coding question *
