I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Jun 2021
Interview
It was an exhausting process, had a total of 6 rounds. One telephonic and 5 virtual on-site interviews. One interviewer was highly condescending and not a good listener, he had a very heavy French accent and I don't think he realized how difficult to comprehend his English was. It was perhaps a stress interview? But maybe just the demeanor of the the panel. I was likely to rescind my application after the first interview, as cultural fitment is super important to me. The other 5 were in the range of very pleasant to formal, but all very polite.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General PM questions and case studies. Also behavioral questions
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.