Google Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
based on 820 ratings - Updated Jun 18, 2026
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Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 33 days.
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the interview was nice and helped throughout the interview with questions. asked two mid-level dsa qs followed by an object-oriented programming question where I have to implement a class with given info.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jan 2022
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The interview consisted of 2 technical 45-minute interviews back to back. The format was a quick warm-up question which led to the actual question. In each, there was also a 5 minute period where they asked questions about previous projects.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2021
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Had 3 coding interviews. Each were with a different person and it went from good cop to bad cop to worse cop. I can't tell if they were briefed to be increasingly difficult and more cold but the interviews felt more intense as it went on.
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Question 1
Using route finding algorithms to find the quickest route between two servers.