Google Senior Software Engineer interview questions
Updated May 28, 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.
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Scheduling the Google CoderPad interview was smooth. The interview itself was challenging yet stimulating. I was told that I was rejected due to the position being closed out, which was pretty weird.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One algo question that they ask not to disclose, plus follow-up questions
The company looks for great problem solved and gives all new questions every time. Their is no fixed set or pattern of questions. If your thoughts are organised and you are practicing for a good time, you are good to go.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Jun 2022
Interview
3 rounds onsite ds algo interviews:
Very different from the interview experience I had as an sde1, 3 levels earlier
Round 1: although it is a ds-algo round, they focussed on algorithm design and thorough corner case handling during design phase itself.
Targetting graphs in depth
Round 2: Again a simple file-handling question, focused on scaling and sharding. Corner case handling, good design of algo
Round 3: Medium binary search question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Files and directories, advanced search mechanism in file system