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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Applied online. Waited 3 months before receiving an online assessment followed by interviews.
I understand it's a large company, but that's a crazy turnaround time. Apart from that, decent process, nice people.
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Question 1
Q: Arrange a elements in an array to satisfy a property in place
I first had to go through an online code screen, and was then scheduled for two back-to-back phone calls with engineers. One of the people interviewing me was rather unpleasant- he dismissed most of the questions I had for him (as a college student, I was very excited to speak to Google engineers) and left a bad taste in my mouth.
Correspondents back and forth for the summer months until applications opened up then coding sample for the first round of interviews. Followed by phone interview if successful in the coding sample.