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 online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in May 2012
Interview
Recruiter contacted me for a product management position over email (no phone call or anything) I said OK. They gave me a pre-screen email with a set of questions. Filled up and sent them. They wanted to do a phone interview and got it scheduled 2 weeks later. The interview went quite well and I answered quite confidently. They didn't want to proceed further. Not sure what they were expecting. Anyways... it was worth a try.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Talk about a recent product I have seen and why I like it?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Apr 2012
Interview
Google seems to have a highly formulaic interview process. My interview was basically exactly like every other experience of Product Manager interviews you'll find online. "Design a better alarm clock, what do you think of Google product X, etc." I spoke to two different product managers; both seemed to be reading from the same script. The interviews were exactly 45 minutes long, with no questions about experience, accomplishments etc.
In my personal case, I have over 15 years of experience developing some pretty innovative software, so it was somewhat off-putting to be interviewed by 25-year-olds reading from a script, but it seems like that's their process and they're not going to adapt it.
Doesn't seem that innovative, really.
Once the process started, the recruiter didn't come back with feedback - I had to prompt him to get updates (even 1 week after interviews had passed).
So overall, I don't feel like I'm missing much by not getting hired there.