SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 2.5 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 72% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 60 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 43 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a SWE Intern according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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Bunch of CP and DSA questions. R1 is 2 qs on hackerearth which you have to solve in 1.5 hours. Difficulty is moderate. All of the questions are leetcode medium to hard level.
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Bunch of CP and DSA questions. R1 is 2 qs on hackerearth which you have to solve in 1.5 hours. Difficulty is moderate. All of the questions are leetcode medium to hard level.
Pretty straightforward. Got asked number of solved questions in coding platforms, comfort zone in topics like Graphs, Trees, and DP, also a little about projects and resume in general.
Next two rounds were DSA-centric
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2025
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Gave 2 leetcode questions around medium+ difficulty in a 45 minute span could not fully solve the second one so I got rejected for not being able to give the optimal solution.
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They gave me 2 leetcode questions worded in a different format.