Google Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
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Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 43 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
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Got a exclusive invite to apply through a link, I got scheduled after 2 weeks and wasn’t prepared at all due to school conflicts but overall it was a great experience, very fair, i got 2 45 min interviews, medium leetcode style questions and friendly engineers
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They asked for my background, I suggest mentioning who you are as a person and exclude your technical side for the most part but still mention a bit of your technical side.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Tel Aviv) in Jan 2025
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I started with a simple online test with one question, and then continue to two seprate online test interviews, one after the other, each one 45 minute long with 15 minute break between.
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The first online test was classic easy LeetCode question, with solution using DFS. The second interview was a medium LeetCode question, but with alot of code writing. The second question was about an optmized code for detecting battleships areas in x and y axes location.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Sep 2025
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The process included an initial screening followed by two technical interviews focused on problem-solving, coding, and explaining my approach clearly. Recruiters were supportive, communication was transparent, and the overall experience was structured and professional.
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The interviewer gave me a LeetCode-Medium level problem focused on arrays/graphs. It tested problem-solving approach, handling edge cases, and efficiency improvement.