Google's process is a technical phone screen, then an onsite of about four 45-minute interviews — mostly coding, one on Googleyness and Leadership, and system design for experienced hires — reviewed by a hiring committee. Many onsites are back in person since 2025.
What a mock looks like in the room, step by step. The panel, its order, the form and the criteria are the real round's; the words and numbers are illustrative.
The interviewer has your résumé open. Expect questions on anything you listed — every project and every tool — and a level pitched to the role you name at Google.
In the order the real one moves: problem, then approach, then code, then test, then follow-up. Follow-ups come from what you just said.
Not run, as in most real screens: the interviewer reads it as you write and asks about your choices.
Scored on the 4 criteria this round is assessed on, with every line of your Résumé marked as held up, shaky or not yet asked. A practice estimate, never a forecast.
This board gives no marks of its own, so it is a practice index out of 100. For finding what to fix, not for predicting a result.
Nothing to buy first. Pick the round, fill in your Résumé, and the interviewer is ready. Your recording, if you ask for one, never leaves your device.
Face this interviewer yourselfOne engineer, on a video call with a shared document.
Google's coding interviews use a plain editor without running the code, so the interviewer judges correctness by reading and by how you test it by hand.
There is no score shared with you. The interviewer's written feedback decides whether you go to the onsite.
Assessed on: Problem solving · Coding · Verification · Communication
One engineer per interview; most onsites have two to four coding interviews.
Each interviewer writes feedback; a hiring committee reads the whole packet and decides.
Assessed on: Problem solving · Coding · Verification · Communication
One interviewer.
Every candidate has at least one Googleyness and Leadership interview.
Assessed on: Ownership · Collaboration · Handling ambiguity · Learning and growth · Communication
One senior engineer.
For experienced hires, usually from L5; earlier levels are all coding.
Assessed on: Requirements and scope · High-level design · Depth · Trade-offs and scale · Communication
The interviewer has your résumé open. Expect questions on anything you listed — every project and every tool — and a level pitched to the role you name at Google.
Every sitting — AI, real or peer — is scored on the same 4 criteria, so you can see a line move instead of weighing one opinion against another.
How it works, step by step: the mock interview guide, and coding, design and case rounds.
The interviewer reads your Résumé, asks in the real order and scores you on what the real one assesses. Free, and ready now.
