All interviews were conducted over Google Meet.
I had one coding interview in the first round.
There were four interviews in the second round: three coding and one Googleyness and Leadership. I chose to do these all on one day, but it's not a requirement.
Coding interviews were done using an editor that was very similar to lightweight code editors like Notepad++. It had some basic syntax highlighting and indentation help, but no compile checking or autocomplete.
I cannot say what questions I was asked.
When they set up the interview, they sent through some guidance on what topics they would ask, and the questions were very closely aligned to the guidance.
The guidance was to prepare for questions on:
The following metrics were computed from 80 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in London, England.
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, England is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in London, England.