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Software Engineer Internship Interview Experience - Australia

February 22, 2024

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I was offered an internship after only one technical coding phone interview. The interview was about an hour long.

We started with some friendly get-to-know-you chit-chat before getting into the coding. The coding problem started very easy, but there were a few levels of extension that made the problem more challenging.

After the main coding part of the interview, we had some time left, and the interviewer quizzed me on my knowledge of hash tables. The interviewer was very friendly, and it was a great experience.

Questions

Variations of 2-sum/3-sum with twists and extensions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer Internship role in Australia.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer Internship roles in Australia is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer Internship interview process in Australia.

Google Work Experiences

Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

November 13, 2014

Pros: Great perks, great smart people around.

Cons: The host matching process is not guaranteed, which may be a little painful. Sometimes it takes two months, and you will find that you may not get anything. I wish the host could be nicer.

Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

November 13, 2014

Pros: Great perks, great smart people around.

Cons: The host matching process is not guaranteed, which may be a little painful. Sometimes it takes two months, and you will find that you may not get anything. I wish the host could be nicer.

Impactful Work, Sometimes Slow

Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Relaxed and interesting. Something impactful that is seen by so many.

Cons: Sometimes too slow and needs more pace.

Impactful Work, Sometimes Slow

Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Relaxed and interesting. Something impactful that is seen by so many.

Cons: Sometimes too slow and needs more pace.

Good intern experience

Software Engineer Internship • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

September 3, 2025

Pros: Great environment and benefits, cool project, and a nice location.

Cons: At least in my team, we had to spend lots of time on unit tests.

Good intern experience

Software Engineer Internship • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

September 3, 2025

Pros: Great environment and benefits, cool project, and a nice location.

Cons: At least in my team, we had to spend lots of time on unit tests.

Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

November 13, 2014

Pros: Great perks, great smart people around.

Cons: The host matching process is not guaranteed, which may be a little painful. Sometimes it takes two months, and you will find that you may not get anything. I wish the host could be nicer.

4.0
Software Engineering Intern
Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
November 13, 2014
Pros: Great perks, great smart people around.
Cons: The host matching process is not guaranteed, which may be a little painful. Sometimes it takes two months, and you will find that you may not get anything. I wish the host could be nicer.

Impactful Work, Sometimes Slow

Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Relaxed and interesting. Something impactful that is seen by so many.

Cons: Sometimes too slow and needs more pace.

5.0
Impactful Work, Sometimes Slow
Software Engineer Internship • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
May 4, 2023
Pros: Relaxed and interesting. Something impactful that is seen by so many.
Cons: Sometimes too slow and needs more pace.

Good intern experience

Software Engineer Internship • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

September 3, 2025

Pros: Great environment and benefits, cool project, and a nice location.

Cons: At least in my team, we had to spend lots of time on unit tests.

5.0
Good intern experience
Software Engineer Internship • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
September 3, 2025
Pros: Great environment and benefits, cool project, and a nice location.
Cons: At least in my team, we had to spend lots of time on unit tests.

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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