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Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 25, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process was a recruiter call of 30 minutes that covered background and role fit, and basic behavioral questions. There were two technical phone screen rounds of coding and Data structures & algorithms. There was a virtual onsite of two rounds covering System Design, APIs, scalability, and data flow.

Questions

Tell me about a time you failed at work, and what did you learn from it?

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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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