Google Principal Software Engineer interview questions
based on 7 ratings - Updated Mar 28, 2025
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Principal Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.7 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.
Candidates applying for Principal Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Principal Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
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One on one interview: 50%
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Recruiter will contact you and you will be given plenty of time to study.there will be 3 data structures round one system design and one leadership.if you clear there will be hiring manager round.
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They asked question related to dynamic programming, graph and array in first 3 round.
The process was very challenging and they asked a lot of ambiguous question, with expectations that the interviewee would be able to build a solution from ground up. There were 5 interviews in total, 4 technical and one for interpersonal or Googley attributes.
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I don't recall the questions - but they were very challenging.
open the door and go in and meet with some indians. then finish interview. it's easy interview, but I fail due to unprepare. will try next time. You must enter at least 30 words.