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      Software Engineer Intern, PhD Interview

      15 Jan 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience

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      Software Engineer Intern, PhD Interview

      30 Mar 2014
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Feb 2014

      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2025

      Interview

      I had 2 interviews scheduled. 5 mins introduction about myself, then an introduction of a DSA-related computational problem. In one of the interviews, the problem was easy; we discussed multiple approaches to solve the problem and time complexity-related and space complexity-related nuances. In the other interview, the problem was of medium difficulty; most of the time was spent on implementing the solution. At the end, we quickly discussed the time complexity of the problem.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      One was a dynamic programming knapsack problem. The other was a combination of two common DSA problems - both of easy difficulty.
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      Interview

      Went to a career fair and was told to apply online. I applied online and got two back-to-back phone interviews. Maybe there were going to be interviews after that but I wouldn't know because I got rejected. At least they were fast about rejecting me and were efficient throughout the interview process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They gave me a piece of C++ code and asked me to "improve" it.
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