Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Manager roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Project Manager according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
I will try to be candid in my response and by no means are any of these frustrating remarks but rather a very well thought out feedback on why Google interview is a bit of luck than real evaluation of a candidate's talent. I am also on the interview panel of my company (a company slightly larger or equal size as google) and have been on both sides of the board i.e. have interviewed more than 20 candidates for PM roles.
1. Start of interview: My interviewer was very vague about using his name and was had hesitation on providing the last name. I asked 2nd time just so I do not mis-pronounce it however, he chose not to provide which was awkward.
2. The interviewer yawned 2-3 times which shows his/her dis-interest in interviewing.
3. I believe that Google is an amazing place where diversity is celebrated and it is the character of the company. (best one) however my interviewer seemed to not respect the diversity. I could feel that in the way he stressed on few skill set almost in a demeaning manner.
4. Tech skills are necessary but not if the interviewer asks about a particular tech question on a particular product. There are 151 google products today and its hard to study each one. I would tell my candidate a list of 10 or even 20 products to be really good at if I test their technical chops. The interviewer was unfair testing me on 1 question that I remember and the reaction was again very demeaning.
5. Last, I did get a chance to ask question; BUT only 1 question as the interviewer wanted to drop. Typically I take a lot of time to answer questions that candidates have (we are talking about non product related - only role related). The worst case I would answer 1 question and make the candidate feel good. The Google interviewer answered my question in 1 word. e.g. Wow you have been at google for 10 years, how do you like it? :) - The answer: In a stern and rude tone "good" ... a long pause... "if I did not like, why would be hanging around here!"
All-in-all many of the glassdoor interview experience are true and I did not feel motivated or felt as a opportunity lost, because if there are other people like my interviewer - I'd rather prefer to work somewhere else.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Nov 2015
Interview
Hangouts session with a recruiter, Hangouts session with a product manager.
The recruiter could not provide me with answers to any of my questions.
The interviewer was aggressive to say the least. He seemed uninterested from the get go and throughout the entire interview, did not introduce himself (not even his first name), gave me less than a minute for any questions I wanted to ask.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you explain cloud computing to a 6 year old
You have a grocery delivery service (similar to Amazon Fresh) which delivers food within 24 hours.
Estimate how many trucks you need to operate this service.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Buffalo, NY) in Jun 2011
Interview
Long and extensive process that took my over 2 months to complete. It was extremely competitive and the interviewers made employees perform a number of tasks to test our abilities.