I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Mar 2021
Interview
I am a Senior level PM with ten years of experience. I had two hour long interviews where they asked me very Google-y questions and had me solve silly problems. I put up with this nonsense with a good attitude for two hours. not once did they ask me any practical questions about my experience as a PM, working with AWS, MSFT, or working with Google as a partner. A total waste of time, and an embarrassment that Google allows this type of interview for Senior hires.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many ping pong balls can you fit on a 747 and similar silly 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.