I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2019
Interview
The process in 2019
HR Screen > Phone Screen with a PM > On-site (5 interviews).
On-Site, included lunch with a Googler. Claimed to be non-evaluative. I was disappointed to have 2/3 of my on-sites on Google meet, that threw me off guard.
What questions to expect?
The on-site interview process included questions from product design, product strategy, product pricing and a technical interview.
It's hard to level set for this interview. Speaking to others, the level of difficulty can be broad, and the type of questions can vary.
For example, for a technical interview, I was asked a DFS algorithm question ( Even though I studied CS, I am not an engineer and I was applying for a PM role). Whereas an acquaintance was asked a 'system design' question.
Although, I do think you can expect fewer behavioural questions and more case/technical questions.
They don't do brain teasers. I think they published findings that those questions don't relate to job performance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical: A question that had you build/use Depth-First -Search (DFS) in a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Of course, the question wasn't presented as such.
The process was straightforward and moved quickly. After applying online, a recruiter reached out within a few days for a brief phone screen. That was followed by two video interviews, one with the hiring manager and one with a panel of team members focused on project planning and stakeholder communication. The whole thing wrapped up in about two weeks, and the team was responsive and clear about next steps throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a specific project where a key vendor delivery slipped. I explained how I flagged the risk early in our weekly status review, reset expectations with stakeholders, re-sequenced dependent tasks, and brought the timeline back within an acceptable range by negotiating a partial early delivery.
standard 1st round digital interview, they are asking about your experience, background, some behavioural questions and technical questions. and they also share a bit more about the role, culture and expectation
Very self-driven, first of multiple rounds, where I had to take the initiative to arrive at the problem, constraints, approach, solutions, tradeoffs and reasoning behind it in a matter of 30 minutes.