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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For interns, it is 2 technical interviews that can be scheduled back to back, 45 minutes each. They ask 1-2 Leetcode-style coding questions per interview. If one interview goes really well but the other poorly, then a 3rd interview is granted.
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Question 1
They asked me two questions total, each were 1 sentence long so I had to be the one to ask and get a clearer understanding of what they were looking for
I applied early during the cycle for the academic year. I thought I was ghosted but many months later I received an online assessment and request for transcript. After passing all the test cases, I was rejected on the portal. Oh well.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Taipei) in Jan 2025
Interview
Resume and information collect
2 Technical interviews (easy/medium leetcode question), I answer one question in both interviews and finish one follow up in one interview.
Wait for team match, I match at the second round, which I think is the last round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Main: Tree, Time complexity
Follow up: Binary Search