Google Software Engineer Internship interview questions
based on 822 ratings - Updated Jun 26, 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 61.5% 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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Applied online and later on got an email inviting me for an online assessment which is a pair of algorithmic problems. Weeks later got an email to schedule my first phone interview. Was an easy problem that I eventually solved after the hint of the interviewer but I messed up in the process and wasn't very eloquent.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4+ months. I interviewed at Google
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Several rounds of interviews (Four or five). Standard programming questions, not too hard.
Months of project selection hell. For each project we'd set up a meeting with a manager. Have a phone call, listen to them talk about their log processing pipeline whatever, talk about my relevant experience, 15-30 minutes total. Then a week later get another recruiter email for the next project. Ask about the previous project, "they selected someone else," repeat.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Jan 2019
Interview
Initial phone screening, coding challenge, 2 45 minute technical interviews over the phone, final interview with intern manager for a specific team. After my technical interviews they didn't have any updates for me for about 2 months but eventually got an interview with an intern manager on a specific team but ultimately did not get an offer.
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Standard technical linked list question for one of my technical interviews.