I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2010
Interview
I applied online and they e-mailed me a while later to tell me I'd be having a phone interview. I had two 1/2 hours interviews back to back. They started off with some resume based questions. They also asked about what Google products were my favorite and which I would improve upon. They also asked me what blogs I followed. Pretty standard stuff.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2010
Interview
We started by trying to share a google doc. The recruiter was ill-skilled to even get a google doc to share, very disappointing and frustrating to start the interview by simply thinking of the quality of the recruiter itself (who can be a potential colleague). Asked me stupid puzzle questions which are primarily aimed at undergrads and I was into my 3years of PhD, working in areas of web-search that I felt a deep sense of disappointment inside me and I decided to casually spent the time before he help up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
when will 2hands of a clock point to the same position, C++, python
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2009
Interview
Applied online, after which it took about a month for Google to get back to me regarding interviews. First interview with recruiter who did a background check after which she informed me of two additional interviews: the interviewers were from the same market; one of them was a potential team member and the other my potential manager. Manager asked me more interesting questions about my views on the industry and Googles strategic outlook, while the team member asked me more elementary questions about past experiences.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What do you see as current trends for internet marketing?