Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 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 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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Online application followed by initial recruiter call, followed by phone interview then onsite 4 coding rounds 1 behavioural then informal team matching interviews with hiring managers that currently have headcount
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (United, LA) in Jun 2025
Interview
Straight forward. Recruiter call then phone screen and 4 final rounds, 3 technicals and 1 behavioral. This is was for early career.
For Google you have to study all algorithms, leetcode tagged questions are boarder line useless.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode system problems. Some of them required implementing a class, which most of the leetcode problems are just functions.
Tough! 1 screening round followed by 3 coding rounds -> 2 DSA focused and 1 ML focussed. I did well in ML round but surprisingly the feedback was bad, did not get the offer