Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Google
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Submitted my resume, and was contacted by a recruiter, who scheduled a phone screen with the hiring manager. The phone screen went well, but I didn't hear anything for several weeks. Finally, I emailed the recruiter just to find out if the application was still open, and got a canned "not at this time" response.
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Question 1
"What non-Apple product are you most excited about, and why?"
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jun 2012
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After a 30 minute phone screen I was asked to do an interview.
Despite interviewing for a job in Canada the interview was done in Mountain View.
I had 5 interviews. The first 3 with other PM's, then one with a Dev, and one with a PM manager.
Most questions were product related (Lets design an X, who would you improve product Y).There were a few questions designed to measure mental horsepower (Estimation, Puzzles).
The key with the interview is that you have to get a few people to really strongly support your candidacy. If everyone thinks you would be a fine hire but none of them would fight for you ,you wont get it. So do what you can to make a strong impression.
If you didn't do well you will get a quick no. Otherwise you will go to a hiring committee which can take up to two weeks. If they say yes, you probably have the job, but they have an additional 2 weeks of referencing checking and executive review before you'll get an offer.
I applied in-person. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
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it is a 3 stage process. recruiter, 1:1 interview for 60 minutes then 3-5 interviews onsite. The whole process is very secretive is was impossible to find out if there was a position near me and basic info on what projects they had at the closest office. I made it through all 3 stages and feel like I did very well and expected an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to redesign a search engine from scratch without knowing anything about the input.