I applied for the position online. A recruiter reached out and scheduled two back to back phone interviews. The first one was behavioral and included a code reading portion, and the second one was a technical coding question.
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Nashville, TN) in Dec 2014
Interview
I applied to Google using Online application portal. I spend more time on essay than I should have. It is mandatory and you should put some thought into it but don't treat it as a college application essay. After that, Google engineers came to my campus for interviews. I did two interviews 45 minutes each back to back. I heard back from them after a week about my interview being sent to review community and I got the offer after 2 more weeks.
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Question 1
Questions weren't particularly hard. Just basic question on linkedlist traversal, cycle detection.
Short essay responses included with resume and then 2 back to back 45 minute interviews, both technical questions. Nothing very complicated (certainly not the level you get for the real software engineering internship) but they're still looking for smart people who absolutely know their stuff. It's important to review your computer science courses and understand fundamentals, but don't expect some crazy question from Leetcode to pop up.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Applied online and heard back about two weeks later. There were two technical phone interviews, 45 minutes each. Interviewers were super friendly. The interviews were mostly technical, and the second interviewer asked a few questions about my resume.