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 3.4 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.
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After the application, I was contacted by a recruiter to schedule an interview. Had to do an online coding interview with two different people and a separate behavioral interview as well.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Jul 2018
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Very streamlined, friendly recruiters and interviewers. It was a pretty quick process over the course of about 2-3 weeks. I had a phone screen and two technical interviews. Used google docs for the coding interface.
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Asked about my background in the screening phone call. Did 2 medium leetcode problems in a Google doc with the interviewer, with google meet video call in another tab. Placed with interviewers who were on teams relevant to my background.
Did two rounds of coding interviews via phone call. I got Dynamic programming and dictionary manipulation questions. Interviewers were friendly and nice. They gave me a result after a week.
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Dynamic programming and dictionary questions were asked