This is the last part of posts describing my own experience interviewing with Google. You may find the first interview here and then follow the traces until this last one. Time had already passed (almost a month) after three successive interviews with Google and this last one was most probably ... [More]

This is the 3rd interview I had with Google. You can find the previous and the questions asked here: * First Google interview * Second interview In the 3rd interview I talked with a woman software engineer from Mountain View. As usually it lasted for about 45 minutes but there was a surprise... [More]

This continues from my first Google interview described here In overall, the second one was harder in terms of questions and expectations. I was called again from Mountain View sharply at the time we had arranged. The conversation began with an interesting question: "What would you change... [More]

Q: What should I expect from a phone interview with Google? I have a phone interview which I never done this kind of interview by phone. What should I expect? Learn? Prepare? Any tip may help. A: First of all, congratulations on having the opportunity to work at a top company... ... [More]

Free cafeteria food, annual ski trips to the Sierras and free laundry are just some of the fringe benefits of working at Google. Getting hired is the trick. Every month, aspiring workers deluge the popular Mountain View, Calif., search engine with up to 150,000 resumes -- equivalent to a ... [More]

Given a number, describe an algorithm to find the next number which is prime. There are 8 stones which are similar except one which is heavier than the others. To find it, you are given a pan balance. What is the minimal number of weighing needed to find out the heaviest stone ? ... [More]

We are providing solutions to the Crazy Questions at Google Job Interview post By Thiomir How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? Solution: The point of the question isn't to see how golf balls you think are in the bus, but to see what your deduction skills are like. Do you... [More]

Total there are five Technical Interviews followed by Management round. So here are the questions. Google Interview Round 1: What is the Space complexity of quick sort algorithm? how do find it? Solution: Quicksort has a space complexity of O(logn), even in the worst case, when it is ... [More]

The Google Interview has some strange questions on it. Here are my answers: 1. How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? 1 trillion (then I draw a Dr. Evil Picture) 2. You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your or... [More]

Some time back I interviewed with Google, and a number of other well known software development companies. I've written up a number of questions very similar to the ones I was asked, changing them enough so that I'm not breaking my NDA. Q: Why are manhole covers round? Q: A m... [More]

1. Reverse a singly linked list // // iterative version // Node* ReverseList( Node ** List ) { Node *temp1 = *List; Node * temp2 = NULL; Node * temp3 = NULL; while ( temp1 ) { *List = temp1; //set the head to last node temp2= temp1->pNext; // save the next ptr in temp2 tem... [More]

Last time I was interviewed for a software development engineer position, the recruiter asked me some of the classical Microsoft interview questions, such as “How Would You Move Mount Fuji?” or “How many gas station are there in your country?“. It was the first time fo... [More]

I've been meaning to write up some tips on interviewing at Google for a good long time now. I keep putting it off, though, because it's going to make you mad. Probably. For some statistical definition of "you", it's very likely to upset you. Why? Because... well, here, I... [More]

Google telephonic Interview Asked about my project. Prepare well to answer any type of questions that may arise in your project.They will just ask to explain about any one of the projects listed in your resume. In a plane, n points are given i.e. the input is (x1,y1), (x2,y2)..... [More]

I thought it might be useful to collect some of the questions I or my friends have been asked over the years. I've had a number of jobs in the computer industry with the side effect that I've been to a lot of interviews. Obviously these are all centered around Linux System Administrati... [More]