Backend 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Backend Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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Had an initial 20-minute HR phone call interview which I was asked to talk about my experience.
After that I had a Google Meets technical interview, in which I was asked to write a Python code which solves a problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a Python function that receives a text file and a character, and returns a new file containing the text with the given character removed.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Warsaw, Masovia) in Apr 2026
Interview
I had two interviews: one focused on Googleyness (behavioral) and the other on coding, specifically algorithms and data structures. You can choose the programming language. I prepared for a few weeks, but it wasn’t enough.
Fue muy enriquecedora, al final no se terminó de hacer como yo esperaba. La reclutadora era muy buena, y me ayudó durante todo el proceso. Espero que de cara a futuras entrevistas se den igual o incluso mejor