Had three rounds and got an offer in the end, but sucked because there was no team to match me. So I ended up not being able to do the internship and had to find another firm.
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Question 1
Tell me about yourself and LeetCode medium to hard problems.
It was decent. had 3 rounds of interview. 2 technical one behavioural. Also a phone screening. The interviews were more difficult as you kept going. All happened online and I was allowed to use any language that i wanted
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Jul 2026
Interview
Applied through BigCode 2026, got an interview call, first round HR (15mins), just to get idea of the holistic profile. second round Technical (DSA) (45mins), third round same as second round
Did not get an invite for the 2nd interview. I was qualified for the role, but was ghosted for about 6 months before being rejected. But, the application process was nice, and gave me hope!
SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 51 days to get hired, when considering 207 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a SWE Intern according to 207 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 26%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 22%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
Other: 1%
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