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Software Developer Interview Experience

October 5, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn, then a phone screening just to go through my CV and some basic questions. Then comes the coding part, which is 45 minutes, and one hard problem on LeetCode maybe, that is a recursion problem.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 469 interview experiences for the Google Software Developer role.

Success Rate

7%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Developer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive66%
Neutral26%
Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Developer interview process.

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