Google Software Engineering Manager interview questions
Updated Jul 15, 2025
based on 17 ratings
Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
50%
Applied online
Applied online
25%
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Employee Referral
17%
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8%
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Software Engineering Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering Manager roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineering Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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Lots of leet code style tests. Very little interest in anything beyond that in the first few rounds. Once you get to team fit then things change a bit, overall experience was just jumping through hoops.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Warschau, Masowien) in Jan 2024
Interview
6 interviews in total.
2 pre-site, 4 onsite.
Very optimistic and not difficult if you are right person for this position. The HR is very nice and friendly. All the interviews are very polite and professional.
I like it!
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2023
Interview
During my process I had five interviews:
2- Software design interviews
1- Coding interview
2- Behavioral interview
After six weeks of the interviews, the recruiter called me to let me know they would not procced with me.