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SWE Intern Interview Experience

June 3, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interviewer asked me how to identify unique strings in an array, then we dug into how hashing works. It was my first interview, so I wasn't well prepared. I didn't fully grasp what the interviewer was asking at the time.

Questions

Asked me how to identify unique strings in an array, then dug into how hashing worked.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 151 interview experiences for the Google SWE Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

19%

Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%

Neutral36%

Negative7%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's SWE Intern interview process in United States.

Google Work Experiences

Refreshing Real-world Vibe

SWE Intern • Former Employee

January 17, 2023

Pros: very real feeling environment. I am coming from the military, so the relaxed vibe is so refreshing.

Cons: I can't think of any.

Refreshing Real-world Vibe

SWE Intern • Former Employee

January 17, 2023

Pros: very real feeling environment. I am coming from the military, so the relaxed vibe is so refreshing.

Cons: I can't think of any.

Best company I have ever worked for

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Pros: Free food, tons of learning opportunities.

Cons: I cannot think about anything at the moment.

Best company I have ever worked for

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Pros: Free food, tons of learning opportunities.

Cons: I cannot think about anything at the moment.

Great Place, Good Environment

SWE Intern • Current Employee

January 3, 2025

Pros: Great place to work and good environment.

Cons: No cons, as such, there are.

Great Place, Good Environment

SWE Intern • Current Employee

January 3, 2025

Pros: Great place to work and good environment.

Cons: No cons, as such, there are.

Refreshing Real-world Vibe

SWE Intern • Former Employee

January 17, 2023

Pros: very real feeling environment. I am coming from the military, so the relaxed vibe is so refreshing.

Cons: I can't think of any.

5.0
Refreshing Real-world Vibe
SWE Intern • Former Employee
January 17, 2023
Pros: very real feeling environment. I am coming from the military, so the relaxed vibe is so refreshing.
Cons: I can't think of any.

Best company I have ever worked for

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Pros: Free food, tons of learning opportunities.

Cons: I cannot think about anything at the moment.

5.0
Best company I have ever worked for
SWE Intern • Former Employee
Kirkland, Washington, United States
April 13, 2025
Pros: Free food, tons of learning opportunities.
Cons: I cannot think about anything at the moment.

Great Place, Good Environment

SWE Intern • Current Employee

January 3, 2025

Pros: Great place to work and good environment.

Cons: No cons, as such, there are.

4.0
Great Place, Good Environment
SWE Intern • Current Employee
January 3, 2025
Pros: Great place to work and good environment.
Cons: No cons, as such, there are.

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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