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      L4 Software Engineer Interview

      May 6, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Los Angeles, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2022

      Interview

      Total of 5 Interview Questions spanning 45 min each. 4 interviews with data structures and algorithms questions. You may be asked two questions, so my advice is be as quick as possible. Final interview: Behavioral questions, nothing difficult, just have generic situations ready.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Lots of graph and Tree questions.
      1 Answer

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      Software Engineer L4 Interview

      Jul 8, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Bucharest, Bucuresti
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Bucharest, Bucuresti) in May 2026

      Interview

      The process consisted of 3 rounds: 1. Pre-screening with the recruiter 2. STAR 45 minutes interview + basic technical interview 45 minutes. I had them in the same day with a 30min break or something like that 3. 2x coding interviews with tasks from leetcode. Both were forced to be in the same day with an hour of break. What I liked is that they provided me a very detailed feedback on each round in very deep details. I with there were more companies to work like that

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      on STAR interview they asked me how would I deal with a colleague that has different working style than me and this style blocks my work.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer L4 Interview

      Apr 19, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Mountain View, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2026

      Interview

      The process took about seven weeks from start to finish. It kicked off with a 30-minute recruiter call where we talked through my background, target teams, and compensation expectations. About a week later I had a technical phone screen over Google Meet with a senior engineer — one medium-hard coding problem on a shared doc, no autocomplete, no run button. I got passed through to the onsite loop, which was five back-to-back virtual interviews on a single day: two coding rounds, one system design, one "Googleyness and Leadership" behavioral, and one coding round that leaned more into problem-solving and edge cases than raw algorithms. After the loop, my recruiter told me packets go to the hiring committee weekly, so I waited about ten days for a decision. Once HC approved me, I did two team match calls — one with a Search Infra team and one with a team working on internal developer tools — and I picked the second. Offer came through roughly two weeks after team match, then negotiation took another week.
      1

      Software Engineer L4 Interview

      Mar 7, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Waterloo, ON
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Google (Waterloo, ON)

      Interview

      They give you standard leetcode question and you need to answer while explaining your though process. You code on whiteboard and need to test your code without using an IDE.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Leetcode graph question that you solve with dps.
      Answer question

      Google interviews FAQs

      • L4 Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for L4 Software Engineer roles take an average of 71 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 L4 Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  30%

        Skills test:  20%

        One on one interview:  20%

        Presentation:  10%

        Group panel interview:  10%

        Personality test:  10%

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