I was invited to a Software Engineering Internship interview after I had participated in a Google event. They wanted me to send over my CV. I then had a GPA of 4.0 in the PhD program and a few scientific papers published. Besides that, until then I have had a few work experiences. They arranged a phone interview that is composed of two parts. Each part lasted for about 45 minutes. They first introduced themselves to me and asked me what programming language I am most comfortable with. Then, the two interviewers asked me algorithmic questions and a few questions on the generic properties specific to the Java language.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: An algorithmic question that involves the use of lists.
Q: An algorithmic question that is relied on probabilistics.
Q: What member functions does a specific Java class have?
there is no online assessment, very simple phone call, then two technicals. technicals are not difficult by any means. then you get put into team matching, after a couple months
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Sydney) in Jun 2026
Interview
Resume screening and then two 2 rounds of technical interviews, on an elimination basis. Interview done on google docs with no IDE, dsa leetcode style question. May be asked follow up questions on how to optimise your solution or on how you would code up a solution to a similar problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA tree question, medium-hard leetcode difficulty.
Home exam, 2 questions in 90 mins
Then they did 2 interviews-45 mins each
It was on google meet
The interviews are in English, the first question was matrix dfs and the second one was hashmap with random function