Software Engineer III 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 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer III roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Software Engineer III according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Background check: 20%
Personality test: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I was contacted by a recruiter and later scheduled for two interview rounds: a technical screen to assess my skills, followed by a leadership round to evaluate my collaboration and problem-solving approach.
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Question 1
Typical scenario based questions for behavioural round
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Feb 2026
Interview
Schnelle Absage über die Statusmeldung im Portal. Ohne Referenz von internen Mitarbeitern ist es schwierig, in die Interviewphase zu gelangen. Anschließend ist man für 90 Tage im Bewerbungsverfahren blockiert, was eine erneute Bewerbung ebenfalls erschwert. Das ist nicht ganz fair, wenn die Gründe für die Absage sehr unterschiedlich sein können, wie etwa wenn zu viele Bewerber bereits im Prozess sind.
An external recruiter from randsad contacted me through LinkedIn. first interview is scheduled after 3 weeks. its about a coding question where i failed in writing complete code in 30 min.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
there are players who compete in pairs and need to get the number of players who can be ranked