Google interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 20%RecruiterRecruiter
- 19%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 8%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
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Google interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Google as 68.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.35 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for QA Tester and Account Strategist rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Retail Sales Associate and Marketing roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Google takes an average of 21 days when considering 67 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Account Strategist had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Principal Architect roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Google according to 67 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 18%
One on one interview: 16%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Background check: 5%
Other: 5%
Drug test: 4%
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