Google Software Engineer Internship interview questions
based on 819 ratings - Updated Jun 1, 2026
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Software Engineer Internship 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 47 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer Internship according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 50%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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After receiving an employee referral, I was sent straight to two technical phone interviews in a row. I was rejected a week later by phone call. Very organized recruitment process
The interview was straightforward. The first person asked about the projects a little bit. Then straightforward jumped to the technical question. The second interviewer asked a technical question regarding a tuple, string, and sorting.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google
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The process was made very clear and everyone was really supportive. They give you a lot of documentation about the whole process, make sure to read it through. Study trees, graphs DP.
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Question 1
Let's say you're in charge of an app and one technical component of which you're not familiar breaks/stops working. How would you solve it?