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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

September 13, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks.

The interview covered two technical DSA (data structures and algorithms) questions. I was able to work through both, though looking back, my solution to one of them wasn't optimal, and there was a more efficient approach that I didn't land on during the interview. The interviewer didn't flag it or push back on the time/space complexity, so I'm not sure if they noticed, didn't care, or were just focused on other signals. Either way, I ended up getting called back for a third round, which turned out to be significantly harder than the first two.

Questions

Behavioral: tell me about one cool project that you want to highlight

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 950 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer (Internship) role.

Success Rate

16%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive69%
Neutral24%
Negative6%

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

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