Google Software Engineer Internship interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Two back to back technical questions:
First was a LC medium - twist on Clone Graph: had to implement two methods
Second was a LC hard equivalent.
Currently in the process for a third interview, I hear Google does this if the feedback of the 2 interviewers vary.
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Question 1
They copy paste the question into their internal interviewing platform and you start coding - no test cases are provided so running the code is not an option. It seems like they prioritize how well you can talk through your solution.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Sep 2025
Interview
Scheduled for two technical interviews, each 45 minutes typically back to back. One leetcode style question for each interview. Only have one interviewer in each. Not expected to run code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Grid traversal question, parsing through strings and finding "children" of strings
The technical interview rounds consist of 2 rounds with up to 4 coding questions in total. For each interview round, the interviewer ask a question and follow up with more details about that specific problem and a follow up with a more details question with the same scheme.