Google Senior Software Developer interview questions
based on 358 ratings - Updated Jun 12, 2026
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Senior Software Developer 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 Developer 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.
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Telephone Screen
- Coding question, more data structure than algorithm
Virtual Onsite
- Three coding questions
- System Design
- Culture
Very positive experience overall. All the interviewers were very nice and there was no crazy algorithm questions at all. It was more about engineering knowledge / practice, problem solving skills than leetcode. The recruiter was also very helpful throughout the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Code an interface to store / retrieve files and directories
A mix of coding questions and behavioral questions design to weed out people who don’t know what they are doing. Overall it was par for the course. Practice your algorithms.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Tel Aviv) in Oct 2020
Interview
Complex, things changed midway and no proper feedback received. Was told that I could do the coding interview in C, then another recruiter said C++ and then the interviewer himself didn't have a specific language in mind and gave me a choice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the system design question - asked to design a Spotify-like service