Google Software Engineer Intern interview questions
Updated May 22, 2026
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Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 210 days to get hired, when considering 1 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. I interviewed at Google
Interview
There were 2 interview rounds of 45 mins each on the same day. Since there was a strict time limit, the interviewers directly started with giving the question in a Google doc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview Questions were mostly on Graph and Arrays.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Santa Monica, CA)
Interview
You meet with a recruiter to send your application, short essay, and resume. Once passed into the next round, you have a phone interview and two coding interviews. The first coding interview was straightforward to see your proficiency in the language you chose. The second interview was a little more difficult. Each interviewer for either round could be nice or cold.
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Question 1
They asked me how to create a list of items using Python. For the harder question, they asked me to create a function to figure out if a word is a palindrome.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2022
Interview
One 3 hours home assignment. Easy to medium LeetCode style questions. I do not remember the exact questions but it is something pretty classic for a software developer interview though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One 3 hours home assignment. Easy to medium LeetCode style questions. I do not remember the exact questions but it is something pretty classic for a software developer interview though.