Google Software Engineering Intern Interview
Questions & Process
What 84 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
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Questions candidates reported
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Engineering accounts for 10,860 of 84 reports, so company-wide questions may lean toward that function. Pick your role above for questions from your own loop.
“Reverse a string.”
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Read reports →“Explain how a hashmap works.”
Read reports →“Explain BFS.”
Read reports →“what is your right to work”
Read report →“Explain DFS.”
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Read report →“what is your citizenship status”
Read report →“Tell me a bit about yourself”
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The interview process
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“The interviews were held on Google Meets, and you have to write code in Google Docs, so be ready for that. There were two technical interviews, each 45 minutes long. Prepare well and you should be fine.”Candidate-reported process
“Submit an application and then got an email about scheduling technical interviews after. There was no behavioral interview. They were two back to back 45 min interviews with two coding problems each.”Candidate-reported process
“The interview process started with a phone screening and then went into back to back interviews. I can’t really say more because I signed an NDA and I also need more words to finish describing the interview process.”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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