Engineering Practicum applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Practicum roles take an average of 51 days to get hired, when considering 120 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Engineering Practicum according to 120 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 54%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 12%
One on one interview: 10%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Cambridge, MA) in Dec 2016
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter in mid-November to set up an interview (I'm a freshman). I had two 45 minute interviews. Went to the hiring committee a business day later and then heard back a week later through a phone call.
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.