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Software Engineer Interview Experience

April 20, 2026
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Process

These days developers are often asked (without supervision) to conduct technical interviews “since only someone technical can judge a technical candidate” (source: My old CTO), but in some companies, they screen candidates, run behavioral interviews and make hiring decisions, which are all invariably awful, since they’re run by people who couldn’t care less.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5,754 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

11%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive62%
Neutral27%
Negative11%

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

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