Sr. Software Engineer 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Software Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 44 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Sr. Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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First there is Telephonic round which tells you the process and then followed by one screening round. And if we clear this then there are further rounds that is 3 coding, 1 googliness and 1 system design.
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Given 4 vectors with z and y axis and get the size of largest rectangle
Asked data structure problems, system design. And coding questions with an medium difficulty. Asked a lot in details, like how to design a system, how to improve it. Coding was relatively easy.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Feb 2025
Interview
Mail chain - face to face phone screening round in which they asked a hard level DSA questions. DSA - Scenaria based, priority quesue was to be used with creating classes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA - Scenaria based, priority quesue was to be used with creating classes