I applied through an employee referral. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Dec 2016
Interview
Two 45 minute phone interviews with coding questions. One interviewer asked two questions, both were very easy (tictactoe board stuff and question and basic integer modification question). I thought I did very well on this interview, with a few syntax errors, but that was it.
Second interview, I was asked a more challenging question, but the interviewer went through it in steps, asking me what were almost trivia questions along the way. I forgot how to make a comparator in Java, I also forgot my 2^x = x gigabyte/megabyte/etc, and lastly I forgot that a priorityQueue is implemented with a minHeap. Other than that, I thought I implemented the function with optimal time and explained myself well. I guess those three things i needed help with was enough to get me a bad review.
Over all, it was a good experience, interviewers were very nice and clearly cared about the internship program. I was pretty upset with not getting an offer, but its just how it goes. It just sucked because i thought i did fairly well.
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Other Engineering Practicum Interview Reviews for Google
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.
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.