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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

October 1, 2019

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

After talking with a recruiter at a career fair, I was given a single interview that lasted about 45 minutes a couple of days after the fair. Two weeks later, I received an offer. Everything about the interview process was simple and easy to follow.

Questions

They asked me about some of my past experiences and roles and to tell them about my favorite aspect of them.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 39 interview experiences for the Target Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

64%

Pass Rate

Target's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive85%

Neutral8%

Negative8%

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

Target Work Experiences

5.0

Target Interview Questions

Longest Common Prefix

Easy

Find the longest string that is a prefix of all strings in a given array. If no common prefix exists, return an empty string.

ArraysStrings

Longest Palindromic Substring

Medium

Find the longest palindromic substring within a given string. A palindromic substring reads the same forwards and backward.

StringsDynamic Programming

Longest Path With Different Adjacent Characters

Hard

Find the longest path in a tree where no two adjacent nodes on the path have the same character. The tree is defined by parent-child relationships and each node has an associated character.

ArraysTreesGraphsRecursion