Google

Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 26, 2025

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online.

There were three LeetCode medium questions in the technical coding round, and the next round was behavioral. If you pass both rounds, you will be moved to team matching where your profile will be sent to different teams, and you will have a chat with the team that is interested and wants you on their team.

Questions

What is one thing that you would do better from your past experiences?

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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.

Google Work Experiences

Great place for an internship

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sydney, Australia

December 19, 2014

Pros: I found it was a relaxed, fun, and interesting place to do an internship. People were very knowledgeable and helpful, so it's a great opportunity to learn. Internally, a very open culture builds a lot of confidence in the company for interns wondering where to go after university.

Cons: The perks (especially the free food) encourage people (especially interns) to stay longer hours. This can affect work-life balance, but staying late to get stuff done was never encouraged.

Great place for an internship

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sydney, Australia

December 19, 2014

Pros: I found it was a relaxed, fun, and interesting place to do an internship. People were very knowledgeable and helpful, so it's a great opportunity to learn. Internally, a very open culture builds a lot of confidence in the company for interns wondering where to go after university.

Cons: The perks (especially the free food) encourage people (especially interns) to stay longer hours. This can affect work-life balance, but staying late to get stuff done was never encouraged.

Pretty good, but getting worse over time

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Good perks, good reputation, and good work-life balance.

Cons: Top-down culture with questionable management decisions, politically driven promotions, and a questionable tech stack.

Pretty good, but getting worse over time

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Good perks, good reputation, and good work-life balance.

Cons: Top-down culture with questionable management decisions, politically driven promotions, and a questionable tech stack.

Solid company, deeply technical

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Carries out ambitious, technically challenging projects.

Cons: Becoming more and more bureaucratic.

Solid company, deeply technical

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Carries out ambitious, technically challenging projects.

Cons: Becoming more and more bureaucratic.

Great place for an internship

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sydney, Australia

December 19, 2014

Pros: I found it was a relaxed, fun, and interesting place to do an internship. People were very knowledgeable and helpful, so it's a great opportunity to learn. Internally, a very open culture builds a lot of confidence in the company for interns wondering where to go after university.

Cons: The perks (especially the free food) encourage people (especially interns) to stay longer hours. This can affect work-life balance, but staying late to get stuff done was never encouraged.

5.0
Great place for an internship
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Sydney, Australia
December 19, 2014
Pros: I found it was a relaxed, fun, and interesting place to do an internship. People were very knowledgeable and helpful, so it's a great opportunity to learn. Internally, a very open culture builds a lot of confidence in the company for interns wondering where to go after university.
Cons: The perks (especially the free food) encourage people (especially interns) to stay longer hours. This can affect work-life balance, but staying late to get stuff done was never encouraged.

Pretty good, but getting worse over time

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: Good perks, good reputation, and good work-life balance.

Cons: Top-down culture with questionable management decisions, politically driven promotions, and a questionable tech stack.

4.0
Pretty good, but getting worse over time
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
April 8, 2023
Pros: Good perks, good reputation, and good work-life balance.
Cons: Top-down culture with questionable management decisions, politically driven promotions, and a questionable tech stack.

Solid company, deeply technical

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Carries out ambitious, technically challenging projects.

Cons: Becoming more and more bureaucratic.

5.0
Solid company, deeply technical
Software Engineer • Current Employee
June 12, 2023
Pros: Carries out ambitious, technically challenging projects.
Cons: Becoming more and more bureaucratic.

Google Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Palindrome Number

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. That is, it reads the same forwards and backward.

Bit Manipulation

Add Two Numbers

You are given two linked lists, each representing a non-negative integer. Add the two numbers and return the sum as a linked list.

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