I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2017
Interview
Here are the highlights of the process
1. Long process ( 3 months +)
2. Designed to eliminate (not select).
3. Questions are standard (with a mix of few creative ones thrown in)
Here are the steps
1. Recruiter reached out to me
2. Had a phone screen (estimation question leading to a design)
3. invited to on site
4. at onsite had one tech and 4 pm interviews and one lunch PM interview
5. received a call in 3-4 days saying that I did not make it
In a nutshell, I did not get an offer due to following reasons
1. deeper technical skills required
2. process is designed to eliminate false positives so any error will lead to no offer..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why doesnt TV have an ecosystem similar to phones (ios & android)
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.
