Google Security Engineer interview questions

Had one phone screen, two phone interviews, and an onsite interview (4 interviews and a lunch meeting) - each were around 45 minutes to an hour. Entire process from start to finish took about 3 months. Anytime I had any concerns about time or wanted an update I just sent an email to my recruiter and got a response back within 24 hours (except on weekends). My recruiter was incredibly polite/pleasant to talk with, and made the entire process as stress-free as humanly possible.

My experience with Google was the worst possible. I had my first phone interview. The interview was not what I expected: direct questions – do you know this, do you know that, what is this, what is that. They promise an interview where you show how you think but I didn’t have to think much in my first interview. I did fine since after a few days the recruiter contacted me for a second phone interview and that’s when things turned ugly. First of all, I was not contacted by the interviewer at the scheduled time. Second, I tried to contact the recruiter to understand what happened – maybe the interviewer had a problem? I never got a response. Hey, they give up on my interview? Not a problem! The least I expected was a cordial “sorry, but we are not proceeding with you at this time” and not plain silence. IF this is the type of treatment they dispense their employees then I’m glad I didn’t move forward. Btw, the position I had applied for is no longer available – which really makes me think they gave up on me but ‘forgot’ to tell me. Shame on you Google.