Cracking the Google coding interview: The definitive prep guide
Introduction
Passing the Google interview is any software developer’s dream. This interview is the ultimate test of your technical prowess and requires not luck or shortcuts but hard work and preparation. Luckily, Google is very transparent about their expectations for candidates. The more you know about Google’s process and company culture, the more likely you are to succeed. So today, we’ll take a deep dive into their coding and behavioral interview process to show you how to crack the interview.
In this book we will go over the following:
● Interview Overview and FAQ
● Google Interview Process
● Coding Interview Question Guide
● Behavioral Interview Question Guide
● Resource Guide
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Overview of Google interviews
The whole interview process takes 2 to 2.5 months to complete. Google interviews for software developers consist of 5 to 7 interviews in total. This includes an initial phone screen with a Google recruiter, followed by 4 to 6 on-site interviews with different Google employees. All coding challenges are done on a whiteboard, Google Docs, or a Chromebook. Google normally hires at level T3 with T11 being the height of levels. T3 is an entry-level, full-time software engineer with an undergraduate or Master’s degree. The average salary for a T3 employee is $117,000 annually. Google prefers the following programming languages: Java, C++, C Go, and Python. There are three types of coding problems you can expect to see in a Google interview.
● System design questions: these questions gauge your ability to handle high-level system design with scalability in mind.
● Coding interview challenges: these questions gauge your knowledge of data structures and algorithms to optimize a solution to common problems.
● General analysis questions: these questions gauge your thought process through mathematical or opinion-based questions
What is unique about Google interviews?
- Clear expectations
- Coding in Google Docs
- Hiring committee
- Grading scale
- Four hiring criteria
What does Google look for in a candidate?
- Cognitive ability.
- Googleyness
- Leadership skills
- Technical skills
Cracking the Google coding interview: The definitive prep guide
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