I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google in Feb 2018
Interview
There are two rounds, I was only asked algorithms questions. I took a phone interview last winter, and was added an extra interview this year. It takes really long and I am really tired.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to judge whether you can change one character to make two strings the same
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2018
Interview
First round is a coding test. One easy and one medium level Leetcode questions are asked.
Second round was two 45 minute phone interviews. The interviews were purely algorithmic coding questions which you had too code in a Google doc using any one of C++/Java/Python/Javascript.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For a given string, check whether a string is "smashable". Smashable means whether a word can be reduced to a single character, which is in your predefined dictionary of words, and every intermediate word during the reduction should also lie in the dictionary.
For example -
Given: SPRINT
PRINT
PINT
PIT
IT
I
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2015
Interview
Was contacted by hiring manager for phone interview and had two phone interviews with the developers are Google. The first phone interview was just a normal technical interview where you are on a google doc with interviewer and you write code to the problem he gives. The second interview was more focused on algorithm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There is linked list of millions of node and you do not know the length of it. Write a function which will return a random number from the list.