Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 105 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 44 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
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I got the interview chance by referral , when the interview began, a self-introduction was requested. Then, the interviewer described a question and asked me to write code . I wrote by python, but what I wrote was brute-force
As expected from a Google interview, it consists of a phone interview and a technical interview. In my opinion, with the skill level Google is looking for, the interview is fair and accurately tests the ability of a candidate. I imagine the interview for full-time positions is harder, but as an intern, I felt that it was the right amount of difficulty and complexity.
there is no online assessment, very simple phone call, then two technicals. technicals are not difficult by any means. then you get put into team matching, after a couple months
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Sydney) in Jun 2026
Interview
Resume screening and then two 2 rounds of technical interviews, on an elimination basis. Interview done on google docs with no IDE, dsa leetcode style question. May be asked follow up questions on how to optimise your solution or on how you would code up a solution to a similar problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA tree question, medium-hard leetcode difficulty.