Google hiring freshers for the role of Software Engineer

Google is a global technology leader recognized for pioneering scalable software engineering, distributed systems, and artificial intelligence. This software engineering role at the start of a career focuses on learning how a real codebase works through small tasks like defects, tests, and feature adjustments.

What you'll do

• Participate in research to develop solutions.
• Pick up small, well-defined pieces of work like a bug, a small endpoint, or a screen and finish them.
• Read the code around the change before writing it so the fix fits the existing module.
• Write unit tests for changes and run the existing suite before asking for a review.
• Raise what cannot be finished or understood at the daily stand-up rather than at the deadline.

What they ask for

• Any graduate education level.
• Currently enrolled in a degree program.
• Experience in one area of computer science such as Natural Language.
• Ability to explain your own code regarding what it does, why it is written that way, and what happens when it fails.
• Comfortable learning a codebase you did not write.
• Clear written and spoken English.

Good to have

• Currently enrolled in a full-time degree program and returning is a plus.
• Experience as a researcher is a plus.
• Experience contributing to research communities or efforts including publishing papers is a plus.
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages is a plus.
• A project built outside coursework with its source in a repository is a plus.

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Technical

1. How do you write a unit test for a function in Python and why is it important?
2. Can you explain how version control using Git helps in collaborative software development?
3. What is the difference between a bug fix and implementing a new feature in a large codebase?

Scenario

1. What would you do if you are assigned a bug in a codebase you have never seen before?
2. What would you do if you realize you cannot finish your assigned task by the daily stand-up deadline?

HR

1. Why do you want to start your software engineering career with an internship at Google?
2. How do you handle clear written communication when collaborating on remote technical tasks?

About Google

1. How do Google's core platforms like Android or Google Cloud influence modern scalable software engineering?

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