Google interview questions
Updated Jun 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 20%RecruiterRecruiter
- 19%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 8%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
25,745 interviews
Google interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Google as 66.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.53 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer III and IT Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Account Executive and Software Engineering Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Google takes an average of 39 days when considering 149 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Developer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Communications Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 365 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Google according to 149 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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