I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2017
Interview
Google reached out to me and wanted me to interview for the role at the NBMBAA conference. Had a total of 5 interviews and everyone was pleasant. The process is pretty slow, that would be my only critique.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Moscow, Moskva) in Dec 2014
Interview
4 interviews minimum
each to test different attribute (role related knowledge, cognitive abilities, leadership and googleyness)
usually you are asked to describe your approach in solving a problem and go deep in details to understand better how you a) communicate b) think strategically c) collect the data d) transform data into insights e) lead projects/team f) navigate complexity etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they test role related knowledge, cognitive abilities, leadership and googleyness