I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Sep 2017
Interview
I applied for it online in fall of 2017. A couple of weeks later a Google recruiter contacted me. He said to move forward I needed to first answer some essay questions, which included things like: describe an interesting project, how big was the sample size and number of variables, what challenges were there, and how did you solve it, etc. Then the recruiter set me up to talk with a member from the hiring team. The interview was conducted on a computer with video. He had a math PhD and was very nice . He first asked me some probability questions from sampling and then some coding questions, where I could choose the language. I chose R. The whole interview lasted about an hour. After about a week they told me that they would move forward with other candidates. Although I did not get an on-site interview opportunity, it didn't feel too bad since I wanted to do more machine learning but their group wasn't doing that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He first asked me how to come up with a reasonable metric to compare two methods (of doing something). He gave some hints for coming up with a reasonable metric. Then he asked me how to use this metric to determine which of the two methods is better, especially how to use a nonparametric way to do it.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2017
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter and had a 15-minute informal talk with her. There are in total two rounds of technical interviews--the 1st round is a google hangout interview, and the 2nd round is an onsite interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Difference between logistic regression and penalized logistic regression.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2017
Interview
After a 15 minutes chat with a recruiter, it was a google hangout interview. We started late, so we did not have enough time to have good discussion. The result took a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Tell me about why you like Statistics 2) Tell me about one of your project 3) Calculation of price of Google Ads 4) Questions on a potential project