I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn, had an initial 15-min phone conversation with her primarily to talk about the role and a little bit about my background and to set up a 45-min phone conversation with a PM
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Google wants to launch a competitor to Amazon's ereader product. Let's brainstorm some ideas
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
1. Recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn
2. Email exchange then initial phone screen with recruiter. Only question asked was if I was willing to relocate.
3. Phone screen with Product Manager
4. On-site interview (didn't make it this far)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The only interesting takeaway was a question regarding mean vs. median. Wasn't expecting statistics, but it was an applicable question when thinking about how to create applications or use population statistics.
Normal questions about explaining things to someone (how you think) and increasing user-ship by doing XYZ (product strategy).
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Apr 2015
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter on LInkedin, did one initial screening phone interview which was mostly about my background and history. I did a second phone interview where I was asked hypothetical questions and had to show my working verbally, it seemed focused on estimating market size, but I think it was judged on problem solving methodology. I then did an on-site which was like an interview written by Charles Dickens, as I was visited by 5 different interviewers throughout the day. Mostly hypotheticals again in the on-site.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Choose a city and estimate how many Piano Tuners operate a business there.