I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Met 4 people in the morning, 1 over lunch and was invited back to the afternoon session to meet 2 more people. If you get invited back after lunch it means you have done reasonably well. If you do well during your final 2 interviews you will be presented to the hiring committee in a week or two (completely different people than the ones you interviewed with - they just read the feedback). The committee makes the final call and if you pass you then need to find a team in Google to work with as a PM.
The people I wet with were all very nice and asked some interesting questions. I have read enough about Google PM interviews to know what to expect. The Engineering guy I met in the afternoon asked me to explain the most difficult technical challenge I faced and how I overcame it.
In the end I got the thumbs down for the committee - no reason given which is very frustrating considering I put in weeks of preparation. With Google you can generally apply again after a year, but I move on.... maybe in my next life :-)
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
You are tasked by your Google manager with creating a "smart fridge". Take me through the steps to come up with the product, how you'd sell it, market it, etc.
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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