Dec 1st, 4:00 pm. I had a paper that morning, on 'Object Oriented Modeling'. Didn't sleep last night preparing for the paper. So, my condition wasn't its best for the interview. They called at ten past four in the evening. The interviewer wanted to start off with the interview... [More]

Nov 12th, 5:00 pm. This one was interesting. Not the interview itself, but some of the events related to it. I had put up a status message on my orkut profile - "Nov 12th - Big Day.." Since i thought this interview was final phone screen and would decide on my onsite chances, i conside... [More]

Nov 3rd, 5:00 pm. I was a little nervous. As for pre-interview preps, i took all my important papers (projects, semester mark sheets, etc) and placed them on my table. I had also some of my codes opened on my laptop screen for quick reference, if needed. Though, none of such preps ever was of ... [More]

Was surfing through some blogs , and found this one interesting. Some of the questions asked by Google Inc. in their interview : 1. How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? 2. You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your ... [More]

This was originally posted in mathNEWS, a publication put out by students at the University of Waterloo. Pretty interesting stuff, good to read up on if you are going for a high end Google-type job. Please describe a data structure that accomplishes the functions INSERT and FIND-MEDIAN in ... [More]

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]

First off, I’ll spare you the suspense. I did NOT get offered a job at Google… but I did have a lot of fun! I was first contacted back in December by a Google talent recruiter. Mike had been in the middle of his Google interviews, so it was an exciting time. Was I interested... [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 sat in the waiting room with one other applicant. He was older than me by about ten years. Judging by our clothes, it was clear that we were taking different approaches to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He dressed professionally. Black suit, white shirt, striped tie. His dress sho... [More]

So the economy is really bad and your job might be on the line, Google is always looking for new talent. Here are 2 questions that they asked a friend of mine. What would you answer? 1. You have been shrunk down to the size of a nickel and tossed into a blender. You are told that the blender... [More]

Sudoku Write an algorithm for Soduku puzzle Dictionary Lookup What method would you use to look up a name in a dictionary? Stack Growth How would you find out if a machine's stack grows up or ... [More]

Dream of landing a coding job at an A-list tech company? It might be a good idea to prep for your interviews by pondering how many golf balls can fit inside a school bus. Or how much you would charge for washing all the windows in Seattle. Or why, exactly, manhole covers are round and not, say... [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]