I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2022
Interview
I applied for a job and got an email from a recruiter who asked for my availability to setup a time to discuss the position. I sent my availability and the recruiter told me a week later that those times won’t work, and he suggested a time a week later (he should have just done that in the first place).
A week later I had a 10 minute call with the recruiter and he seemed completely inattentive and made comments “this position sounds like it would be a career change”. I thought his commentary about my experience was somewhat rude as I was perfectly qualified for the position and my experience aligned with the role. The conversation ended with the recruiter stating that he would let me know the next day if the team was interesting in proceeding. Again, after about a week passed by and I heard nothing so I followed up only to receive a reply back 3 days later that they were not interested in me as a candidate.
It was a bad experience, I felt like just a number and the never took my experience serious right from the start. I wasn’t given a fair or equal shot. I also took PTO to do the phone screening and to have to constantly follow-up after being told that a response would be forthcoming is not acceptable.
Received a call with HR to discuss the role and do an initial screening. HR recruiter was just walking through the motions and was not very engaged with the conversation. Every question I asked she read off of the job description. Not a great experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your experiences and tell me how they make you a good fit for this position.
Step 1: Pass the resume screening
Step 2: Pass the phone screenings (1-2 rounds)
Step 3: Pass the on-site interviews (4-5 rounds)
Step 4: Pass the hiring committee reviews
Step 5: Pass the executive reviews and get the offer