Google Senior Software Engineer 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
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Google interviews FAQs
- Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 55 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 30 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Senior Software Engineer according to 55 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 16%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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