Google Software Development Engineer Apprentice reviews

4.4

78% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

100% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer Apprentice employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer Apprentice professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer Apprentice professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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22 reviews
4.0
15 May 2026

Strong culture and people

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

culture , People and resources

Cons

plenty of resources and difficult to concentrate in one thing

2.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits benefits benefits (you’ll be spoilt in a good way) Learning if you get good projects as an apprentice to work on Learning from online classroom kinda system Flexibilty and good culture Again a lot of benefits from food to leaves to office to etc etc

Cons

As an apprentice honestly worst experience, ever grateful for the opportunity but practically you learn ntg apart from trained modules as per govt regulations, if you get a good team, well you are a lucky one but most apprentices are hired and bulk and then just left, you dont have enough work or sometimes do but then not always atleast for most of them and then you feel lost and try to upskill yourself. Its even more draining for the people in for 2 years as they wont get a 1 year letter from anyone, if your fresh out of college and like to actually work on stuff and actually learn i’ll ask you to reconsider because you dont have control over choosing a team, your allocated and if you fall in the empty bucket you’ll feel lost and tied for a certification but if you like learning modules, hands on projects (totally depends on team if they have enough to give) and ofcourse google is a dream to many fo culture then go for it. Complaining feels guilty but you can’t be this honest in company atleast if someone reading this find this helpful i’d be happy coz i wish i knew this people often talk about thw wow of being there but as an apprentice young out of college especially you really feel lost no one truly cares coz the team wants to be in alignment with the govt policy and then apprentices are not treated same as full timers at a lot of places. But ofcourse wouldnt ever neglect you experience the world of google and an experience/learning of a lifetime because of the culture and perks. Also main ‘No Job Confirmation’ itd not like a internship ppo system, you gotta reply its all very contractual.

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