Google Senior Software Developer interview questions
Updated May 28, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 32%RecruiterRecruiter
- 17%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
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Google interviews FAQs
- Senior Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Senior Software Developer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 249 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 Senior Software Developer according to 249 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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