Google Student Software Engineer interview questions
Updated May 14, 2026
based on 7 ratings
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Student Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Student Software Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Student Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Personality test: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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home assignment via the google interface. was given two coding questions. didnt seem too tricky but i didnt pass. both solutions were O(n) so i dont know exactly why. i recommend looking up tricks and small things they are looking for to know
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one code question was to sort numbers in some order and to collect points. a simple scan in O(n) seemed to work
two different zoom interviews, where each asked one leetcode medium or hard question. The interviewers were nice and they tried to guide me in to the right direction to answer the questions
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Google
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I was asked a few leetcode problems that can be found online searching google leetcode questions. the home test was very easy. I practiced a lot of questions and read the cracking the interview book, was very helpful.