Google Site Reliability Engineer interview questions
based on 135 ratings - Updated Apr 11, 2026
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Site Reliability Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 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 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Site Reliability Engineer roles take an average of 14 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 43 days.
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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Google (Atlanta, GA) in Jun 2014
Interview
The interviewers were really nice through the process. First was an initial survey describe your skill level with different technologies after I had two technical interviews. The interview questions were related to system administration, system support, and software engineering.
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The interview was a while back so I cannot remember any of the questions but there was a focus on networking, java, and linux/unix.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Sep 2016
Interview
Contacted me after finding my resume online. Typical interview for a tech company. The first call were some basic screening type questions. The second interview went more in depth. The questions weren't very difficult but the interviewer didn't seem to understand the material enough to judge my answers. Anything I would answer off script seem to throw him off. Gave up about half way through.
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Asked me the difference between a hard and soft link in Linux
I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Jul 2016
Interview
I got a phone call from a Google hiring employee. In this call, I sad I would like to take part in the hiring process. After that, she sended me an email with the job description and a little self-evaulation test.