Google Software Engineer Internship interview questions
based on 820 ratings - Updated Jun 18, 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 through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2017
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A recruiter contacted me after seeing my resume online. After a couple phone calls, we set an appointment for a phone screening. Although I ended up not getting an offer, it was a very positive experience overall.
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Question 1
Finding a specific value based off of an author's distinct publications and the number of copies sold for each publication.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (París) in Oct 2018
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I had two 45 minutes interviews on Hangouts. They started with some questions about my background, like the project I am most proud of or what I am currently seeking besides university. Then they gave me a problem, an example and we talked throughout it.
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A stack problem that consisted of parsing a string according to some rules.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Dec 2018
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had an OA - hackerrank of 3 questions. First one was easy. The second one was the hardest. My friend got the same question as me. Pretty sure you should use hash table for the last one.