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 months. I interviewed at Google (Zürich) in Jun 2011
Interview
Die ersten zwei Telefongespräche (Skype) mit Design- und Schätzfragen. Die Designfragen waren auch sehr technisch... In Zürich hatte ich dann drei aufeinanderfolgende Gespräche, die sich wieder mit Schätzfragen und Design beschäftigten... Das Design auch wieder sehr technisch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Eine Anzeige, die hochkommt, wenn jemand nach "Paris Hilton" sucht.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2011
Interview
Recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn. I spoke with her for about 15 minutes and expressed interest in the job. She was positive and forwarded me on to a phone interview with one of their product managers. They gave me suggestions for preparation which I used. These suggestions included thinking about existing products and how I might change or enhance them. I prepared a few examples, shying away from Google products per their advice. In the interview I discussed the changes I would make to a web site which I had once visited often but no longer did after its redesign. The next question asked me to estimate the cost of solar panels needed in the US to replace all existing other energy supplies. I went through this estimation by describing the information I would need (number of households, per household energy consumption, efficiency of solar panels, increases in efficiency over time, etc.).
Apparently he did not like my answers. Overall, I wasn't super impresses with him either, so perhaps it is for the best. Interestingly, the interviewer did not himself ever go through the interview process at Google. He was a product manager at an acquisition.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe an existing product and how you would improve it.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Oct 2011
Interview
Contacted by a google recruiter who asked for my availability for 2 weeks out starting the following week. First phone interview, PM interviewer did not call. Called recruiter 15 minutes into the scheduled meeting, got voicemail. Later that day, recruiter emailed me indicating the interviewer had an emergency. Rescheduled for the following week.