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%
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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45min Live coding related to strings and dp. Interview was good, the interviewer tries to help you. I would say just be confident. Did everything within the time didn’t move forward .
After screening online coding tests, they gave me an invitation to interview. In the interview, they gave me two problems. One was trie and the other was geometry. The question difficulty was fair and the interviewer was polite. I could not solve them on time, but overall it was a positive experience and I felt treated well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you build trie? (They didn't use the word trie but described that that was)
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Poznań, Greater Poland) in Nov 2025
Interview
The recruitment process was exceptionally smooth and professional. Every interviewer I met was highly skilled and encouraged deep technical discussion. Although I didn't receive an offer this time, the feedback and the overall experience were incredibly valuable for my professional growth. The coordination was seamless throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a distributed system for a global real-time notification service that can handle billions of events per day.