I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Lukewarm. The interviewer was kind, patient and willing to steer and listen. He got straight to the point and when asked he was able to provide inputs that assisted me with my thought process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Why Google as compared to other creative companies?
- Which Google products do you like? Why? How would you change them if you would work for it?
- Estimate the cost of the change you are going to make and how much money will it make Google in currency or increase in user base.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018
Interview
I had a phone interview to screen for fit. It was over the phone and lasted approximately 30 minutes. Very nice person handled the interview after the HR piece. A good overview and helpful perspective. General type dev questions.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
I was referred by a friend, and a recruiter reached out to me scheduled a phone call followed by a phone interview with a Product Manager. I was then invited for an onsite interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One phone I was asked to design a disaster management app for the Olympics and was asked about Google compute engine.
I was invited to an onsite interview; there were five interviews in total.
First was a quick number estimation, Here the challenge is writing on the board as you think aloud.
The second was out of the box thinking,
I was asked to redefine e-commerce on one of their products. (video streaming product)
Third was related to a designing a product, the question is just a single sentence for example design a pen, the candidate will need to dig further to come up with ideas.
4. How would you make a product you used this morning better? This interviewer also had a very ridiculous question, by that I mean not possible in real-world kind of question. It was really tough to implement in real life
5. Technical interview - This totally depends on the engineer - I was asked about networking and performance improvements on a website