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Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

February 1, 2014
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Process

There was one on-campus interview lasting 45 minutes, followed by approximately 6 hours of on-site interviews at their headquarters.

The on-campus interviewer was nice and was an alumnus. He asked some interesting questions and provided good feedback. The questions were interesting and challenging, but not tricky. I appreciated that the focus was primarily on coding and algorithms rather than math questions, which was consistent throughout the on-site interview process as well.

On-site interviews lasted a long time. There were four technical interviews lasting around 50 minutes each, including a practical interview where I had to work on an existing codebase. One of the interviews focused mainly on algorithm design, which I found quite engaging. Overall, it was a well-rounded interview process with good questions, although it left me quite exhausted. There were no trick questions or brain teasers, just a series of real-world-ish problems and traditional algorithm questions.

At the end, there were a couple of non-technical interviews that were much more relaxed, where we discussed my resume and my thoughts on Quora.

Questions

The practical interview section has you hack on an existing codebase in Java/Python, which wasn't something I'd seen before.

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Quora's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in Mountain View, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Quora's Software Engineer Intern interview process in Mountain View, California.

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