I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Feb 2013
Interview
After applying, recruiter emailed me to set up a 30-min phone interview with a senior PM.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were the CEO of LEGO, what new product line would you come up with to increase revenues? Why? Who is the target customer? How do you reach them? How does the product function and what does it look like (UI/UX)? What's the potential market size?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in May 2013
Interview
Referred in by a friend. Some informal preliminary interviews with members of team. Then in-house recruiter set up a day of 5 interviews on-site in Mountain View (some were with remote members of team via teleconference).
One thing I noticed about the interviews was that they asked questions and just let me do most of the talking. Was much more them collecting information from me and my answers than conversational.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No questions were really that difficult. Most were just open-ended questions to see how I think through products, markets, analytic skills, market sizing and opportunity. They are looking for race-horses, not specific industry depth. The philosophy is that their PM's should be strong enough to PM for any product internally to Google, and the interview stayed very true to that.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Londres, Inglaterra) in Mar 2010
Interview
The process took roughly 4 months end to end. A friend recommended me internally for a role which I got through to an interview. The first round was a phone interview with some basic questions why do you want to work here etc. After this had a second phone interview and was invited to a 4 hour on site interview day. When I got to the Google office I was told that the role had been changed to something completely different and that the hiring manager did this because he felt too many people applied for the role I applied for. After a discussion with him he made it clear that it was not a test and that the role had been changed to something I couldn't do and therefore probably wouldn't get the job. He then gave me the option to continue with the interviews but it would only be to get to know the company a bit better...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many gigabytes would you need to run Google mail. Was also asked about the products and how I would improve them.