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 through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
Cleared both rounds and got moved to host match. But got rejected since host matching was almost over as it was March. The results don't carry over to the next swe intern hiring cycle. You have to again start from scratch.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Calabasas, CA) in Aug 2025
Interview
pretty hard because they asked a lot of questions about technicals and behaviorals and hard leet codes questions for a long time and had multiple rounds of interviews because it was hard and people wanted to get it
One oa, 3 days after they sent me an invitation for the interviews. 2 interviews each 45 minutes. Practice data structures! Google's resources for interview prep were very helpful when practicing. Watch videos