It was a standard phone interview, but it felt more like an engineering interview vs a TPM interview. The PM type of question and engineering type of question split was maybe 40/60 split and I was very surprised.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google
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I was referred by an existing employee. I had a short (~15 minute) phone conversation with a recruiter that basically consisted of me reading my CV to the recruiter. The recruiter was enthusiastic - she couched her language and said while she couldn't guarantee an interview she had a good feeling and would meet with the hiring manager, share my CV, and get back to me within 5-7 business days. She then promptly ghosted me... it's been a couple months with no contact.
If I simply hadn't been selected there would be no hard feelings, but promising to follow up then failing to do so rubbed me the wrong way.
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What were your duties at your last position, what is your education level, etc
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Washington, DC) in Apr 2018
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They have the worst hiring process. I applied for a role, but was considered for another role. Did pre-screen with recruiter (passed), then it took 3 weeks to schedule and have a 1:1 with the actualy TPM who was hiring. I believed I did a great job and he really like my experience and was impressed. It is now a month and no one has contacted me back even though I tried calling the recruiter several times and reaching out and not one word or reply. Not an overall good experience. I wouldn't recommend at all. Change your process and get the common courtesy of following up with potential candidates. It shouldn't take 3+ for people to be hired for Google or any other role that is not at the C-suite level.
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Question 1
Tell me about your experience with the cloud (AWS, VMware, Azure, GCP, etc.)