Recently, i got the chance to interview at Google for their SWE Internship 2026.
The recruiter had reached out to me through mail saying that they would like to interview me for further processes.
First, i had a small chat with HR, it was a friendly discussion about what language i'm comfortable for the next round and explaining one of my projects. I noted that they wanted to verufy your leetcode account and remarked on the number of questions solved. 400+ seems to be a good number for them.
Technical Round-1: 45 mins, but cut short to around 35-40 mins due to interviewer's busy-schedule.
Due to google's policy, disclosing questions isnt allowed. But it was a medium level string-unordered-map question with some tweaks in a storing rotated order of string too.
This round went good, she had asked me TC, SC, optimisations and edge cases. However understanding the question was slightly tricky.
I cleared this round!
Technical Round-2: 45 mins
It was similar to round-1 but the interviewer was a little stricter and the question was similar to median of a data-stream, but here the datastream consisted of all subarrays in order. (Not disclosing the exact question, the question was worded slightly more complicated and it took me time to understand what it meant). I took too much time to understand the question and find the approach as it was relatively tougher than the original problem. I was able to get the solution by the end and the code seemed to be perfect. I was really nervous during my interview and wasn't sure about my approach. I believe this is why i got rejected.
Verdict: rejected :(
But i learnt a lot in this process and I'm grateful for this opportunity as it came out of the blue! It was an amazing experience overall! Everything happens for a reason and I believe something better awaits!
Key-takeaways: be confident in your approach and read the question very carefully! Just solving the question doesnt make you safe, you should be more confident and stern that what you're saying is right so that the interviewer doesnt cross question everything you're saying!
Hope this helps someone! Thanks and all the best!! Something better awaits!
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It was similar to round-1 but the interviewer was a little stricter and the question was similar to median of a data-stream, but here the datastream consisted of all subarrays in order. (Not disclosing the exact question, the question was worded slightly more complicated and it took me time to understand what it meant). I took too much time to understand the question and find the approach as it was relatively tougher than the original problem. I was able to get the solution by the end and the code seemed to be perfect. I was really nervous during my interview and wasn't sure about my approach. I believe this is why i got rejected.
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
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Google (Tel Aviv)
Colloquio
There were multiple stages to the process, but the main one of which was technical interviews through digital meetings (Zoom) consisted of 2 meetings, in which you have to solve 1 leet-code style question, levels medium-hard.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Google (Tel Aviv)
Colloquio
My application process started in November with two LeetCode-style home assignments. In December, I sat for two technical interviews on Google Meet. Although they were meant to be back-to-back, one was rescheduled after the interviewer didn't show up. I successfully navigated a medium question with a follow-up and a hard DFS/graph problem.
Two weeks later, in January, I moved into the host-matching phase. After one team match interview in February, I wasn't selected, and by April, I received a final update that the process was closing because no further team matches were found.
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