I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jun 2016
Interview
I enjoyed the two phone screen calls where I was asked about design problems. However, my on campus experience was a bit awkward and I did not feel very welcomed or that it ran smoothly.
The person who was supposed to pick me up for my interview got mixed up and I was left waiting in the lobby until well after my interview was supposed to start.
The three interviews I had were interesting but it was very distracting that the interviewers are typing a mile a minute while you talk to them. They explained that they were required to take notes but did not add to a great interview dynamic.
I enjoyed my lunch interview and tour, but after lunch I was dropped off in an interview room and sat there until someone walked in and said oh you shouldn't be here you're done! and walked off.
I understand that interviews get cut off early but the whole thing was very disorganized, awkward and abrupt.
The process was straightforward and moved quickly. After applying online, a recruiter reached out within a few days for a brief phone screen. That was followed by two video interviews, one with the hiring manager and one with a panel of team members focused on project planning and stakeholder communication. The whole thing wrapped up in about two weeks, and the team was responsive and clear about next steps throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a specific project where a key vendor delivery slipped. I explained how I flagged the risk early in our weekly status review, reset expectations with stakeholders, re-sequenced dependent tasks, and brought the timeline back within an acceptable range by negotiating a partial early delivery.
standard 1st round digital interview, they are asking about your experience, background, some behavioural questions and technical questions. and they also share a bit more about the role, culture and expectation
Very self-driven, first of multiple rounds, where I had to take the initiative to arrive at the problem, constraints, approach, solutions, tradeoffs and reasoning behind it in a matter of 30 minutes.