I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2018
Interview
Google Hangout Interviews with hiring manager and cross functional manager. Each had their own meeting on Google Hangout for 30 minutes. Process was quick, notified of meetings 24 hours before confirming schedule and within 24 hours of last interview received confirmation to start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have specific to this position ?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 8 months. I interviewed at Google (Washington, DC) in May 2021
Interview
A VERY long process. About 8 months from the very initial call with a recruiter to the job offer.
Google explains the recruiting process pretty well on their website.
After the initial call with the recruiter, there were a couple of 30-minute calls with Hiring managers (neither were a good fit). Then recruiter scheduled a 45-minute call with a senior Program manager - to determine the fit and level on the PgM job ladder. After a positive result from that interview, I was scheduled for the "on Site" interview for GCA, RRK, Googliness/Leadership and PgM fundamentals. about 1-1.5 weeks later, I got feedback that they are ready to match me to a team.
I had 4 team match calls (30-minute calls with hiring managers to see if the job is mutually a good fit). The team match process took about 2 months.
The 4th team match was the right fit and they moved onto the hiring committee approval then the offer negotiations.
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Question 1
the interview questions are really hard. Don't listen to those people that say the interviews are easy at Google. Those people didn't get hired. If the interview questions are easy, then everybody would get hired. Anyone serious about getting hired by Google should study, prepare, practice and prepare even moe . it's the hardest interview cycle I've done ever (even harder than Amazon interviews. I've done both)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Austin, TX) in Jun 2021
Interview
- Very long process
- Mix of hypothetical and behavioral questions
- The recruiter kept me informed of next steps - but again the process is extremely slow to lead to an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you deal with a difficult employee who is just not interested in working