I've received the rejection email for Google's 2025 summer internship position. I was reached out to back in March 2024 through their campus outreach program, and I was told that they would open up an application on my behalf for next year's internship.

I then had a 90 minute online assessment and three 45 minute interviews in July. I spent the entire summer practicing for my interviews and online assessment. I think I managed to do good in my 1st, and 3rd interviews, and finished in around ~25 minutes or so.

I was told that I passed the technical phase, and that I would move on to the project matching phase. Around the end of November, the project matching phase started, and I was sent a questionnaire to indicate my experience and work preferences. I tried to make my preferences as wide as possible in order to maximize my chances of being matched: I indicated i was willing to relocate anywhere, work on anything, and start at anytime.

Despite my best efforts, I was not selected. I stayed in project matching for 4.5 months and I was rejected. I did not receive a single call. I knew there were other candidates from top schools, and with past internship experiences, but I did not expect to not receive a single call after all this.

I've spent thousands of hours on practicing LeetCode, and sent out thousands of applications for internships since I was a freshmen. This was my last, and best chance to get an internship before graduation. It's upsetting to see all that effort gone to waste.