Google Senior Software Developer interview questions
based on 358 ratings - Updated Jun 12, 2026
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 7 months. I interviewed at Google (London, England) in Jul 2022
Interview
Been contacted by google in November, I've done the screening interview after 1.5 months. It went not really well and the recruiter managed to let me do another round of screening interviews and I passed. After 1 month they told me that the position is already filled, after another 2 months they call me for the final interviews (1 googliness and 3 technical) . All done remotely.
5 different interviews
4 technical interviews ask questions about data structure and algorithms, including graph traversals and prefix trees.
The last interview was goodliness which was aimed at figuring out if I was a cultural fit.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2018
Interview
Was some scripted questions, some general engineering questions, work history and then a few more generic "problem solving" questions. Like If you were shrunk down to the size of a dime, and put in a blender. How would you escape?
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Question 1
Given a series of high and low daily values, how would you calculate the largest delta between any two days.