Phone screen following a design challange. After that 4 interview, 3 design and 1 tech. The tech was simple, 2 of the design interviews were about estimation and another one about designing a chess game. Overall the interviewers were ok, with one single exception.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a chess game.
Your favourite product and why?
I got into a phone screen, it was just one technical question, but after that I got an email saying that they would like to move forward with other candidates
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Oct 2021
Interview
It was nice and they are very straightforward. They explain the whole process in the beginning. Very hard and technical interviews. It is highly competitive so make sure to study, prepare and practice beforehand.