Google Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
based on 819 ratings - Updated Jun 1, 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jul 2018
Interview
Contacted 2 weeks after applying for Fall internship. Received online coding challenge (2 questions). Then was scheduled for a 2 hours coding interview by phone and Google Doc (one interview per hour). Was emailed later that week to schedule a 3rd interview. Received rejection one week after the last interview.
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Leetcode easy and medium level, string manipulation, traffic, linked list
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2018
Interview
It has 2 rounds in total. Each one lasts for about 45 minutes. They asked some basic algorithms and data structures questions, such as sorting, complexity, tree, binary search tree, and hashmap. Then start coding.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google
Interview
I got contacted after applying online with a short coding assessment with 3 questions. After 2 weeks, I was contacted by a recruiter with a questionnaire about team placement and to schedule two follow-up white-board session with 2 separate company workers at Google.
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Q: Do basic string operations by translating sentences into pig latin