I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Sep 2014
Interview
Applied online and got contacted by a technical recruiter. I had to fill about 13 questions first - i guess this was a kind of screening process. and she got back to me 2 weeks later saying that I will have a phone interview. In the phone interview, I answered questions but with the interviewer's hints. The recruiter got back to me a week later saying that she's not moving forward with me as they are looking for candidates with stronger problem solving skills.
On-site interview at their London office. Had 3 interviews in total, 2 of them were video conferences. Each was 45 minutes. Everyone was very nice. They tried to gauge how much you know and if you don't know a particular area, they'll ask something easier. So it's hard to say how much I could have done more to land the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ask about GLM, how to deal with large number of variables, economic experiments
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
Internal referred followed by two round of phone interviews. Both interviews focuses on technical questions. The first interview has lots of questions on the fundamental statistics models, such as regression models, experimental design. The questions are like typical exam problems, but requires quick instant responses. The second interview also fucused on statistical questions, but were asked in a practical context. The interviewer described several projects with me, and for each project he asked questions about how you would like to plan the project, what models would you use, what were the alternative choice you have, reasons you picked that model, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you will propose a project in the quantitative marketing team, what will you propose and how will you plan the project?