Google Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
based on 819 ratings
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16%
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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.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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Firstly, an online assessment is needed. Then, I go through 2 phone interviews, asking about algorithms and data structures. The timeline was a bit longer compared to the other companies. HRs are responsible and interviewers are nice.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2018
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One coding challenge, three phone interviews. The average difficulty for the phone interviews was medium but one of the questions I received was very hard. Got into host matching but was swept by another company before I was matched. The HR was very fast and responsive!
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Lewisburg, PA) in Nov 2017
Interview
I applied through an employee referral in the mid Sept. The recruiter contacted me in the beginning of oct. We coordinated two interviews which put me into the intern project match pool. I had a semi-interview with an engineer, resulting in my eventual offer.