I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Google (London, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
An excruciatingly long process from start to finish. From multiple telephone interviews to a full-day of interviews at Google's London offices. The full-day of interviews could have been easily conducted within an hour as the questions presented were all roughly along the same theme.
My first interview was conducted by a guy who really didn't want to be there. That unfortunately set the tone for the rest of the day. The arrogance of the "director" interview (third interview) put me off Google altogether, so I was looking to leave fairly quickly after that. Playing on your phone and laptop in a 1:1 interview is rude, no matter who you are. As a contractor, that day of interviews cost me over £600 - the least you could do was read my CV and listen to what I had to say. In total, I would estimate the process took around 14 hours of my time over 5 months.
Overall I dodged a bullet by not working there, but blown away by the organisation.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Critical thinking - looking at your approach to solving estimation questions - e.g. estimate number of trees in a forest.
You would have to do a hiring assessment first, then a recruiter screening follows. First round interview with the hiring manager. Majorly product sense and product improvement. The questions were not direct though.
Overall a lot of steps to the interview process. Talked to different people and had opportunities to ask questions. Many different stages which made it a lengthy process overall. Wasn't too bad.
it was very long and had multiple stages. it never required any in person activity or any relocation to an office or company building. I did not take the job in the end but i recommend it
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