Google Senior Software Engineer interview questions
Updated May 28, 2026
based on 356 ratings
Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
44%
Applied online
Applied online
32%
Recruiter
Recruiter
17%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
3%
In Person
In Person
2%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
2%
Other
Other
1%
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Staffing Agency
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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:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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It was brutal, I applied and they never answered me. The nice robot said someone more qualified had been found instead. Now I am writing this review to tell you how brutal it was.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Boulder, CO) in Dec 2023
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Ultimately didn't get the position, their interview process is well documented and I went through multiple rounds. Met a director in hawaii in a hot tub who encouraged me to apply but it went no where.
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Question 1
Tell me about a challenging problem you've faced, and how you solved it.
It was a very long and strenuous interview, no body wanted to be here. The manager was not it.
It was a very long and strenuous interview, no body wanted to be here. The manager was not it.