Google Software Engineer Intern interview questions
Updated May 22, 2026
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Houston, TX) in Aug 2022
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I cleared the first round, it was very basic dynamic programming questions. After that there was two zoom interviews on the same day. They asked me to implement something related to graph coloring problem. I was not nit able to understand the problem clearly. But it went smooth.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2021
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There were 2 rounds of interviews based on data structures and algorithms. In each interview 2 questions were asked. The first interview was based on Greedy algorithms and Dynamic Programming. The second interview was on Graph Algorithms specifically Topological sorting.
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Q: Given the tree, give an ordering such that parent come before children Q: Given a ordering, construct the tree from which the ordering was obtained