Google Engineer interview questions
Updated 19 May 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 15%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 11%RecruiterRecruiter
- 9%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 5%OtherOther
- 2%In personIn person
- 2%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
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Google interviews FAQs
- Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 92% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 17%
Other: 13%
Skills test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 3%
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