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      Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 1, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Munich, Bavaria
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. I interviewed at Google (Munich, Bavaria) in Nov 2020

      Interview

      It was one of the best interviewing experiences I have ever had. The recruiter was very supportive and informative. I could really feel that they had a genuine interest in increasing my chances for a successful interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I had to solve a problem recursively.
      Answer question

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      Software Engineer Interview

      May 4, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Auburndale, FL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Auburndale, FL) in Apr 2014

      Interview

      Direct onsite because I interviewed in the past and did well that time. From the time I sent my resume to interview day: 2 weeks. From interview day to offer over the phone: 2 weeks. The syllabus for the interviews is very clear and simple: 1) Dynamic Programming 2) Super recursion (permutation, combination,...2^n, m^n, n!...etc. type of program. (NP hard, NP programs) 3) Probability related programs 4) Graphs: BFS/DFS are usually enough 5) All basic data structures from Arrays/Lists to circular queues, BSTs, Hash tables, B-Trees, and Red-Black trees, and all basic algorithms like sorting, binary search, median,... 6) Problem solving ability at a level similar to TopCoder Division 1, 250 points. If you can consistently solve these, then you are almost sure to get in with 2-weeks brush up. 7) Review all old interview questions in Glassdoor to get a feel. If you can solve 95% of them at home (including coding them up quickly and testing them out in a debugger + editor setup), you are in good shape. 8) Practice coding--write often and write a lot. If you can think of a solution, you should be able to code it easily...without much thought. 9) Very good to have for design interview: distributed systems knowledge and practical experience. 10) Good understanding of basic discrete math, computer architecture, basic math. 11) Coursera courses and assignments give a lot of what you need to know. 12) Note that all the above except the first 2 are useful in "real life" programming too! Interview 1: Graph related question and super recursion Interview 2: Design discussion involving a distributed system with writes/reads going on at different sites in parallel. Interview 3: Array and Tree related questions Interview 4: Designing a simple class to do something. Not hard, but not easy either. You need to know basic data structures very well to consider different designs and trade-offs. Interview 5: Dynamic programming, Computer architecture and low level perf. enhancement question which requires knowledge of Trees, binary search, etc. At the end, I wasn't tired and rather enjoyed the discussions. I think the key was long term preparation and time spent doing topcoder for several years (on and off as I enjoy solving the problems). Conclusion: "It's not the best who win the race; it's the best prepared who win it."
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 22, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google

      Interview

      Recruiter screening - asking general questions, describing the process and the role, and then 4 rounds of interviews - First round is Googliness and coding, and then 2 more coding interview; after all of that team match.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me when you used those technologies
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 16, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Tel Aviv-Yafo
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Tel Aviv-Yafo)

      Interview

      fit was fair process, they ask me about my expiriance and 1 logic question. they interviwers was nice and guide me to the solution. at overall it war fair process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      about my resume and expiriance
      Answer question

      Google interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 5,088 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 5,088 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  37%

        One on one interview:  22%

        Skills test:  17%

        Presentation:  7%

        Background check:  4%

        Personality test:  4%

        Group panel interview:  3%

        IQ intelligence test:  2%

        Other:  2%

        Drug test:  2%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(10530) ;
        2. Senior Software Engineer(1609) ;
        3. Intern(1236) ;
        4. Software Developer(1220) ;
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        11. SWE Intern(545) ;
        12. Data Scientist(515) ;
        13. Internship(502) ;
        14. Software Engineer(Internship)(496) ;
        15. Manager(485) .


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