Google (Senior) Software Engineer interview questions
Updated Jun 9, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 32%RecruiterRecruiter
- 17%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
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Google interviews FAQs
- (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:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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