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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Leetcode and system design questions testing distributed systems. Machine learning system design Alex Xu style and graph dynamic programming questions about algorithms and data structures. One intro phone call then on-site of 4 technical interviews
I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Feb 2025
Interview
Two rounds of vo. The first technical question was a 2D dynamic programming and the second is a simple hash map tracking time stamps. The first question is more difficult. After providing the solution there is a dry run and follow-up optimization questions.
It was an online mode with 2 rounds of interviews, each focusing on solving core DSA questions, ranging from topics like DP, Graphs, Arrays, DSU. The interviewers are friendly and drop hints regularly. You have to think loud, and be clear with your approach
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Question 1
Question on solving network connectivity problem using graph theoretical approaches like DFS, BFS, DSU