I applied in-person. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Jan 2017
Interview
Same kind of interview you would get at any other company - asked about my previous experience, why i thought i was a fit at the company - pretty boilerplate stuff
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How has your past experience prepared you for this job
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.
You would have to do a hiring assessment first, then a recruiter screening follows. First round interview with the hiring manager. Majorly product sense and product improvement. The questions were not direct though.
Overall a lot of steps to the interview process. Talked to different people and had opportunities to ask questions. Many different stages which made it a lengthy process overall. Wasn't too bad.