Google Software Engineer - Internship interview questions
based on 823 ratings - Updated Jul 6, 2026
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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.
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Skills test: 50%
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Phone interview: 25%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Nov 2019
Interview
The interview process was quite enjoyable. There was even one where the interviewer and I started joking around. Which I think helped show the culture at Google. This was pretty interesting since I was a bit nervous they'd be quite rigid.
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Question 1
Make a n tree and compute how long it would take to reach the leaves from the root on a weighted tree.
it was very evry very very very very very very verydiffucult at time some of the question were worded funny but it was fine to get thrrough and i had a fun time doing it
I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2020
Interview
Interview consisted of an OA and two back-to-back phone interviews... the OA and one of the phone interviews were standard, however, the final phone interview was quite hard. I thought I did ok, but I still got rejected.