Learned lots about code quality. The type of work varies greatly in this huge organization
Learned lots about code quality. The type of work varies greatly in this huge organization
Supportive mentors
Exposure to large-scale code projects
Plenty speaker sessions for interns to broaden horizons
Work itself relatively mundane (was an intern, so not too representative).
Relatively isolated working experience (COVID, remote internship, open-source project).
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Applied by emailing an HR person who is responsible for my school. Luckily, I got an on-campus interview (which replaced two phone interviews). From there, I was put into a pool of intern candidates. At this stage, it's a stable matching between hos
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Mountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2012Applied by emailing an HR person who is responsible for my school. Luckily, I got an on-campus interview (which replaced two phone interviews). From there, I was put into a pool of intern candidates. At this stage, it's a stable matching between hos
Software Engineering Intern
Mountain View, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2013I was referred by a current employee. I had an initial phone interview with two current engineers. They asked two somewhat difficult questions as soon as the interview started, without any introductions. I found one of the employees very difficult
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Mountain View, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2019Two simple phone interviews were conducted, where I was asked to solve problems in any language on Google Docs. Advanced data structures and algorithms are a must. I failed the second interview because I didn't know of a "trie".
