SRE applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SRE roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 40 days.
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Very intense and I had to do about three separate interview rounds with about five to six separate interviewers. I was asked a lot of questions about coding and google and about my experience.
Straightforward process, exactly what the recruiter described. Several technical interviews and some personal interviews. When it wasn't clear if they could hire/reject me they gave me an additional technical interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in July 2025
Interview
It started with an telephone interview on DSA questions, after that there is an onsite round with 3 role-specific rounds focused on system-design,Linux/Unix and Debugging rounds, the interviews are very open-ended