I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Mar 2016
Interview
Worst experience of my life. Google reached out to me 2 months after I applied (prob should work on time management, for I had found a job at that time). To my surprise, my recruiter (who didn't necessarily have my best interest in mind and kept placing me in jobs that matched her title and not my overall vision) congratulated me and told me I was moving on...for the wrong position. She clearly copied and pasted my name into some template and only realized she made a mistake when I asked her about it...you should know which role I'm interviewing for, after all, it took me three interviews to get to this point. Made it to the interview without any prep or word from my recruiter (how reassuring). I showed up...too bad one of the interviewer's did not. The person interviewing me was clearly uncomfortable and mentioned "this never happens" and "your recruiter will reach out." Google ended up asking me for 5 additional dates to come in and interview. How is this conducive to people who are currently employed? I found Google's total lack of disregard for my time to be unprofessional & disheartening. I get it, you're Google. But people are commuting and taking off from work to interview and if you aren't going to have your act together, at least let the interviewer know well in advance. It's a shame, I was hoping to have the same amazing experience as everyone else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be? What's Google's biggest struggle moving forward?