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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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 7 months. I interviewed at Google in Oct 2020
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Did two back to back interviews. I did amazing in the first one, and terrible in the second one. Got asked to do a third one which I did well. Went into Host Matching but got no match so my application got closed
Whiteboarding interview, asks general algorithms questions - watch you implement the answer and help you if you need it, otherwise they leave you be. A few stages of talking to HR before
Basic big tech software interview - algorithms focused on sorting, searching, and graphs. First two interview rounds were easier, the third interview was tougher. The process greatly depends on the engineer that is interviewing you unfortunately. I had one really great interviewer who I got along well with, another that was alright, and one that I had difficulty communicating with.
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Question 1
Convert a variable name from snake case to camel case