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 3.4 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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Two interviewers, one from Toronto and the other MTV. First asked a few questions about the language I preferred, and then some algorithm questions. The process was pleasant in general.
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Some implementation details of C++ and ordinary algorithm questions.
submitted my resume online, then was given a coding challenge, followed by a survey, rejected a week after. The overall process took about two months. The coding challenge was fairly difficult. First question was a really obscure DP problem, second was fairly simple brute force
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a simple brute force / obscure dp on coding challenge
one online coding challenge, then fill out some questionnaire about where do you want to work/ what fields are you interested in, etc., and someone will schedule two back to back phone interviews for you