Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 79 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 79 Glassdoor interviews include:
1.OA
2. 1st round: 1BQ, 1 coding: leetcode style but google's own questions.
3. 2nd round; 2 codings: leetcode style but google's own questions.
4. Team Match: Wait for HR to call you and BQ with the team's manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the most important thing you think an organization should have.
Good
Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters
Sliding window expected
They focus on:
Approach first
Merge Intervals
Follow-ups:
What if intervals are unsorted?
Can you reduce space?
Edge cases?
👉 They go deep into:
Edge cases
Code clarity
r1 coding +bq. first round is vertual. if you passed you can move to next round.
second round will be on site. there will be two round of coding. bq question are in the form of "can you tell me a time when...". also there are some hypothetic question. like what kind of manager do you like