SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 42 days.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY)
Interview
The Interview was good overall, and the difficulty felt fair. As with most tests, it depends on whether you were familiar with the kinds of questions that appeared. If you had seen those topics before
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Oct 2025
Interview
Standard LeetCode type questions. I managed to get a third round. Had a very bad interviewer. Very aggressive and interruptive. Only gave me 5 min to implement a solution. I only managed to implement 1 method out of the 2 methods.
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Question 1
They would ask a standard LeetCode Medium question
a very nice interview. Chill interviewer. Nice platform. Coded in google docs like environment , but had an IDE . They told me that i didn't have to wear formal. Online