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.
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Hr responded fast. One online coding assessment and two tech rounds, one leetcode medium difficulty question per round. The interviewers were very nice. Got the result two weeks later. Still waiting for team matches tho.
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Question 1
One online coding assessment and two tech rounds, one leetcode medium difficulty question per round.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2023
Interview
The process took about 1.5 months. 1. I got InMail from a recruiter on Linked 2. Scheduled 30 min chat. 3. Got Coding Challenge 4. Got 2 GoogleMeet coding interviews.
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First Interview Question: Given a file words.txt containing all possible words in English. Return a list of 5 words of length 5 that together form an anagram to 'abcdef....z': roman alphabet.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Remote) in Dec 2020
Interview
2 back to back 45 min interviews. Interviewers are good, they guide you whenever you say or type anything. Listen for their "um-hm", meaning you are right, or silence. LC Hard in the 1st and 2nd one was easy. LC top 50 recommended. Waiting for their response!