Software Engineer, University Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer, University Grad roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 17 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, University Grad according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
One on one interview: 32%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 8%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Nov 2016
Interview
I applied in a university career fair, and get a on campus interview after 2 weeks. It was two back to back 25 minute interview with two recruiters, and the questions they asked were pretty normal questions you would find in Leetcode or Crack the coding interview . The recruiters are very nice and the HR is responsive. (you have to fill tons of forms ,sign NDA and one online assessment before the interview,)
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Dec 2025
Interview
Recently bombed an interview.
Started of the interview with introduction and I could not lift my profile after that. I applied for Software Engineer University Grad and they asked about CS core at the end.
Final result : rejected
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google
Interview
A 45 minute phone screen. The interviewer was very rude and did not even give me a chance to finish most of my sentences. I assume that after the phone screen, if I moved on to the next round, there would have been a day of on-site interviews.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
Got an interview through an internal reference. The first round was an online code test, which was 2 questions in around 30 minutes. The second round was a phone screen, where I was asked 3 algorithm questions. The third round was another phone screen which was 2 algorithm questions. Both phone screens were 45 minutes. I passed both phone screens and was called for an onsite interview, which is 4 interviews with 4 different people. Each one is 45 minutes and the interviewer asks 1-2 algorithm questions.
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Question 1
Questions involving arrays and dictionaries for the phone screens. Graphs and 2D arrays for the onsite.