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:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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These days developers are often asked (without supervision) to conduct technical interviews “since only someone technical can judge a technical candidate” (source: My old CTO), but in some companies, they screen candidates, run behavioral interviews and make hiring decisions. Which are all invariably awful, since they’re run by people who couldn’t care less.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google in Sep 2024
Interview
First two round went well. In the last two rounds, interviewers were all late by a few minutes and left early. It was also hard to communicate during the coding interviews.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Mar 2026
Interview
HR call introducing the hiring process. Scheduled the interviews after the HR call.
Then there are two rounds:
- First round: 1 BQ and 1 technical(leetcode style)
- Second round: 2 technical interview (leet code style)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When you are assigned team leader to new new team, what would you do