Google Staff Software Engineer interview questions
Updated Mar 31, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mixed
How others got an interview
- 36%Applied onlineApplied online
- 14%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 7%OtherOther
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Google interviews FAQs
- Staff Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Staff Software Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Staff Software Engineer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 47%
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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