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.
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Easy know your stuff and you’ll be fine, be ready with references and be prepared to do a skills test. Recommend studying company prior to interview, showing then you are interested goes a long way
Easy pests lemon squeeze. Interviewer was nice. Find those questions online, it’s all there. Got to be smart and quick and on your toes. Not too much chit chat which was kind of nice.
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What is an obstacle you overcame. Be specific with the project.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Varsovia, Mazovia) in Jul 2022
Interview
Started promising, ended up being waste of time. A recruiter from Google Poland contacted me about remote roles for senior software engineers from Romania.
The 1st step was a 45 minutes online technical interview / screening. I passed this with success, so they decided to invite me to virtual on-site interviews.
At this point, I had an initial sync with a 2nd recruiter to discuss details about the virtual on-site interviews. After I sent them dates with my availability for the interviews, they started arranging the interviews.
Unfortunately, the interviews never got scheduled. After about 3 weeks of no updates, it turned out there were no longer roles available for remote work from Romania.
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Question 1
Coding question with vaguely defined requirements. Medium difficulty, with follow ups.