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:
Skills test: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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was chill, two leetcode interviews, got one easy and one hard. people interviewing me were from random teams at google, and were generally nice through the whole interviewing process. Would definitely do again
The recruitment process typically progresses through a screening round, followed by a technical interview, and finally an advanced technical interview that evaluates problem-solving skills, completed projects, and core computer science fundamentals in depth.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
two 45 minute sessions. Brief intro then straight to leetcode. Wrap up is the last 5 minutes. Overall similar to leetcode tagged but still distinct. Would spam follow up questions if you solved the initial problem quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some question about removing from an array and another question about bitmasks