I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jun 2019
Interview
After several reschedules, i finally got my interview that was timed at 6.30am for me. so no coffee. it was a fun interview. several years earlier i had applied and rejected but i was able to get feedback then as to what went wrong, but i was self-conscious of making the same mistake (being scattered in my thought process). I did prepare with youtube mock-interviews, and a few kindle books. The interviewer was nice and got on with him, and i felt i did an ok job, but wish i had more time to go back to some aspects that i thought were important (and it turned out crucially it was)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a washing machine for 20-30 yo
Very self-driven, first of multiple rounds, where I had to take the initiative to arrive at the problem, constraints, approach, solutions, tradeoffs and reasoning behind it in a matter of 30 minutes.
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.
