I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2014
Interview
Planning was done over phone and email. The recruiting team was courteous and efficient.
Interview: 45 min phone interview with another product manager. The interviewer was multitasking and I was on the speakerphone. Not a lot of cross-questioning happened. I thought the interviewer was taking voracious notes, but now I think otherwise. Questions were easy and generic. Nothing related to my past or related to the position was discussed.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Most difficult question: none.
Most unexpected question: 3 traits of a good product manager
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Oct 2013
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter on Linked In. Phone interview 2 weeks later. Phone interviewer was clearly reading from a script and not very interested in genuine communication. Felt like I was talking to a robot. Interviewer acted very uninterested and self-important. More interested in asserting dominance than in exploring mutual opportunity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer asked question, "How would you 'write a program' to do [X]?" (a very vague question), and become dissatisfied when I answered from an architecture standpoint. What he really wanted to ask was "How would you design an ALGORITHM to do [X]"?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2013
Interview
Recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn. After a quick phone chat, she setup a phone interview with a Product Manager. I work at a direct competitor with solid experience - so I wasn't too worried. I thought the phone interview went great, but was disappointed to hear that they are not moving forward with the process. As per Google policy, no feedback was provided.
I was surprised by the result of the interview since I thought it went great. It was casual, low key. We discussed my resume with details on instances at my job where I had demonstrated specific skills. We also discussed my favorite google product and two features that I would add to it if I were the Product Manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None. Everything was straightforward and non technical.