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%
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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It’s a typical big tech interview process. I had a coding assessment and then an online interview. I didn’t get through the online interview. That was sad not gonna lie.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA) in Aug 2025
Interview
6 rounds total: 1 recruiter screen, 3 technical interviews, 1 product manager interview, and 1 behavioral interview. Overall, it was hard but manageable, and I think it was doable in the end.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (London, England) in Sep 2025
Interview
Applied online, got a recruiter call about two weeks later. Did a phone screen with one coding question on Google Meet using their online editor. Then had the virtual onsite—five back-to-back interviews over one day. Mix of coding, system design, and behavioral. Heard back after about two weeks with feedback from the hiring committee.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They gave me a problem about designing a rate limiter for an API. Had to walk through different algorithms like token bucket vs sliding window, discuss tradeoffs, then code up a working solution. Interviewer kept adding constraints to see how I'd adapt the design under pressure.