Graduate Student applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Student roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Graduate Student according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Skills test: 20%
Background check: 20%
Presentation: 20%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google (California City, CA) in Feb 2023
Interview
Was swift and easy, met so many nice people and they made it an attractive job. Love that for them they are awesome. Wow! Great opportunity! Can’t wait to see how they grow as a company in the coming years as big things are ahead.
Well thought of process and I felt that they were daily quick to get back to me. Appreciated the way the questions were asked and challenged me to some quizzes
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Nov 2025
Interview
A online assessment consisting of two coding questions. Each were of medium difficulty and there was a time limit of 1 hour to finish both the questions. You can choose your preferred language to code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a binary string, determine the number of substrings that have more 1s than 0s
The questions were thoughtful and gave me a good opportunity to showcase my knowledge. I appreciated how professional and friendly the interviewer was - it made the conversation feel more natural.