Google Senior Software Engineer interview questions
based on 357 ratings - Updated Jun 9, 2026
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The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
Extremely unimpressed with Google, in every area I had expected a lot better. Inattentive, lazy recruiters. Incorrect prep and advice videos. Poor interviewers. Incredibly slow process for no reason (I knew this going in)
The interview was actually very easy, but about half of the interviewers were not asking questions that would let you judge talent. Following their own advice about interviewing turned out to be a mistake - their interviewers didn't follow it! Everything they said to study never actually came up. I made it to the final stage, was wanted by a team manager, and the mysterious final hiring committee rejected my application. Ridiculous. This experience made me sell my Google stock.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Nov 2016
Interview
4 rounds of interviews with 3 technical round and 1 manager round.
They asked more on puzzle and also provided few scenario which you need to transfer into application.And also they provided few real time use case conversion with customer where you need to resolve the conflict.
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Question 1
more on puzzle and also technical coding and also scenario based coding
I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
Got hit up by the recruiter on Linkedin. Initial phone screen with the recruiter. Then a 45 minute phone screen with a developer which required coding in google docs.
I was then invited onsite for a full day of interviews.
5 Onsite interviews which all required whiteboard coding and lunch with a developer.
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Question 1
Given a array find a continuous subarray which equals to a particular sum.