Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 134 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Development Engineer according to 134 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 46%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Background check: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
Personality test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2010
Interview
I had 1 technical screen with a Sr developer at Google. First 30 minutes were discussing software development methodologies, which went well. Second half was spent doing technical design over the phone. Mainly it was a discussion of how to solve problems and what data structures I'd use. I didn't think the questions were very difficult, and I'm pretty sure my solutions were correct, but I guess I didn't do well enough because I was told I wasn't a fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an in-order binary search tree traversal.
The interviewer was very nice, one interviewer didn't show up so I rescheduled it. When I didn't come up with the best solution, the interveiwer was very patient and give me hint as many as possible
1 screening round + 3 onsite round
All rounds were focused on DSA that included topics like strings, linked list, heap and dynamic programming. Screening round had 2 questions on qualifying which I was eligible for onsite and Googliness rounds. The whole process took nearlying 2.5 months
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Apr 2026
Interview
Very competitive process which requires hard work and good preparation. DSA questions and real life problems divided into 4-5 rounds of interview including HR, Technical, Hiring manager rounds. Onsite interviews are going on