Google (Senior) Software Engineer interview questions
based on 357 ratings - Updated Jun 9, 2026
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(Senior) Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for (Senior) Software Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a (Senior) Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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Very straightforward and almost like ai driven , not human like and relevant to the.positions applied for and outdated. It was not a pleasant conversation. The interviewer was more interested on finding a flaw in my experience
The interview wasn't very difficult and i got answer i got to second stage the interview was scheduled few weeks later than i got call from recruiter that the position i was candidate for is already filled. She offered position in different location but this was not what i was looking for
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Given set of n points in the plane find if 3 of them on same line
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