Staff Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Software Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 16 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 Staff Software Engineer according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 45%
Phone interview: 23%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 5%
Drug test: 5%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google in Aug 2021
Interview
Coding interview with two non-real life tasks to solve in less than an hour.
The first one was discussion and coding.
The second was just a discussion on how could I approach the problem.
I've presented solutions to both of the problems but got feedback afterwards that it's not enough for this position. I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean but I find this interview waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can't reveal, but different from the ones you can find on the Internet.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Warsaw, Masovia) in Jul 2026
Interview
Very professional interviewer and I'm happy to be part of the process. When my main option fell appart, the recruiter spent time to find an alternative. I was given advices how to perform on the technical interviews to the best of my ability. Overall, I have a feeling I was treated fairly and with respect.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you have a conflict with your manager, what would you do?
Disconnected. Uninterested recruiter. Lack of transparency throughout the process. I passed all interviews and the recruiting team was not able to connect me to any team, months later, asked me to clear some technical interviews again, which I did, and failed to connect me to a team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Design a monitoring system
- Traffic related programming questions
- Some others..
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Warsaw, Masovia) in Jan 2025
Interview
Very long process, algos, system design, and meeting with potential manager. Algos and system design are twice. After you pass 2x algos then you move to 2x system design, then meeting with potential manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
On system design I was asked to design a chosen system according to provided requirements.