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SWE New Grad Interview Experience

June 16, 2026

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process consisted of an initial online assessment with coding problems, followed by a phone screen with a recruiter. After that, there were several technical rounds covering data structures, algorithms, and system design, along with a behavioral interview with the hiring manager.

Questions

Bad interview experience; the interviewer was confused.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 43 interview experiences for the Google SWE New Grad role.

Success Rate

7%

Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their SWE New Grad roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive58%

Neutral30%

Negative12%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's SWE New Grad interview process.

Google Work Experiences

GHA process helpful, but position eliminated

SWE New Grad • Former Employee

Pros: I had the GHA (Google Hiring Assessment) where they wanted to check if I was the correct match for the company.

Cons: The position was removed in a restructuring, so I didn't have the chance to interview.

GHA process helpful, but position eliminated

SWE New Grad • Former Employee

Pros: I had the GHA (Google Hiring Assessment) where they wanted to check if I was the correct match for the company.

Cons: The position was removed in a restructuring, so I didn't have the chance to interview.

Comfortable

SWE New Grad • Former Employee

Mountain View, CA

January 23, 2026

Pros: It's a very comfortable place, depending on the team. Generally, it has a better WLB than most other "elite" industry—finance, consulting, law, etc.

Cons: Honestly, it's a very comfortable place. So, if you're craving something more than comfort or that's the antithesis of comfort, or if it requires you to get outside of your comfort zone, you might want to look somewhere else. That said, if what you're optimizing for is a comfortable, high-paying, high-prestige job, I'm not sure that it gets any better than this.

SWE New Grad • Former Employee

Mountain View, CA

January 23, 2026

Pros: It's a very comfortable place, depending on the team. Generally, it has a better WLB than most other "elite" industry—finance, consulting, law, etc.

Cons: Honestly, it's a very comfortable place. So, if you're craving something more than comfort or that's the antithesis of comfort, or if it requires you to get outside of your comfort zone, you might want to look somewhere else. That said, if what you're optimizing for is a comfortable, high-paying, high-prestige job, I'm not sure that it gets any better than this.

I just love Google

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Landed dream job. Nothing more to say.

Cons: I had to move in a bit far from the office, but I do make it work.

I just love Google

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Landed dream job. Nothing more to say.

Cons: I had to move in a bit far from the office, but I do make it work.

GHA process helpful, but position eliminated

SWE New Grad • Former Employee

Pros: I had the GHA (Google Hiring Assessment) where they wanted to check if I was the correct match for the company.

Cons: The position was removed in a restructuring, so I didn't have the chance to interview.

3.0
GHA process helpful, but position eliminated
SWE New Grad • Former Employee
July 10, 2026
Pros: I had the GHA (Google Hiring Assessment) where they wanted to check if I was the correct match for the company.
Cons: The position was removed in a restructuring, so I didn't have the chance to interview.

Comfortable

SWE New Grad • Former Employee

Mountain View, CA

January 23, 2026

Pros: It's a very comfortable place, depending on the team. Generally, it has a better WLB than most other "elite" industry—finance, consulting, law, etc.

Cons: Honestly, it's a very comfortable place. So, if you're craving something more than comfort or that's the antithesis of comfort, or if it requires you to get outside of your comfort zone, you might want to look somewhere else. That said, if what you're optimizing for is a comfortable, high-paying, high-prestige job, I'm not sure that it gets any better than this.

5.0
Comfortable
SWE New Grad • Former Employee
Mountain View, CA
January 23, 2026
Pros: It's a very comfortable place, depending on the team. Generally, it has a better WLB than most other "elite" industry—finance, consulting, law, etc.
Cons: Honestly, it's a very comfortable place. So, if you're craving something more than comfort or that's the antithesis of comfort, or if it requires you to get outside of your comfort zone, you might want to look somewhere else. That said, if what you're optimizing for is a comfortable, high-paying, high-prestige job, I'm not sure that it gets any better than this.

I just love Google

SWE New Grad • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Landed dream job. Nothing more to say.

Cons: I had to move in a bit far from the office, but I do make it work.

5.0
I just love Google
SWE New Grad • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 19, 2025
Pros: Landed dream job. Nothing more to say.
Cons: I had to move in a bit far from the office, but I do make it work.

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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