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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Standard Phone screen, the interviewer was friendly. I was not challenged much. He just took notes quietly and said thank you at the end. I couldn't tell if he was happy with my answers.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Sydney) in Mar 2021
Interview
Phone screen consisting of coding problem on google docs. In person interview, more coding problems, design interview and a soft skills interview. 3/5 interviews were conducted by engineers in USA.
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Question 1
Write memcpy, then follow up questions about how to optimise, cpu architecture etc.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Nov 2021
Interview
5 interviews: four coding interviews with different people and one with HR. All coding problems were LeetCode-style at a medium difficulty level. I was personally asked about binary search, matrix manipulation, and depth-first search topics