Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Bengaluru, Karnataka
Process
Recruiter Call - 30 min interaction to provide details on various products, the position, and the interview process.
The recruiter shared good content to help you with your preparation.
As an interviewer, you can ask for a good amount of preparation time (4-6 weeks).
As per the process, you may need to go through 4-5 interviews:
- System Design (2)
- Code Review
- People Management
- Technical Leadership
Questions
1st Interview - System Design - High-Level Problem Space - A Booking System
2nd Interview - System Design - High-Level Problem Space - Around Databases
3rd Interview - People Management-centric Questions
4th Interview - Code Review - Problem was simple; time was limited to cover.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google Engineering Manager role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Google Work Experiences
- 4.0Overall, a good companyEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaOctober 18, 2025Pros: Scale problems for most teams. Good, stable company with stable stocks. Benefits including insurance and monthly vesting. High compensation.Cons: Almost no internal growth at senior levels (L6+). Too nuanced. Sometimes you don't understand the expectation. A project failure for other reasons can result in your being put on Performance Improvement. Hard to stay for long. Too much politics in most orgs. Poor WLB even though it's a very organized company for most orgs.
- 3.0Good pay and benefitsEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDecember 26, 2023Pros: Google offers good salary and benefits.Cons: The quality of work is not good. There is a lot of politics.
- 5.0Amazing people. Difficult to challenge the status quoEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesNovember 5, 2025Pros: If you are in the right place, it all works great.Cons: If you are on the wrong team, it is a struggle. The political setup is such that you need seniors to help you move up. You need to be good, and also be a "good boy". Depending on the group, sometimes, you can be a nobody and still expect to get rewarded, though I hope what I saw happen is an exception. Trying to challenge and work your way up is very, very hard. You need to be very lucky.
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