I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Calgary, AB) in Oct 2020
Interview
Phone interview with PM + virtual onsite. The interviewer did not seem to be interested in hearing my answer as he was sometimes on mute and took some time to respond to me when I asked follow-up questions. Was supposed to be 45 minutes but it took longer than 45 minutes. Overall was a good experience though because now I know what I need to expect in PM interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Google?
Why PM?
How would you improve xx(Google's product)
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Interview process and recruiter was awesome! The interview was a bit weird. There was no format or structure to the interview. It was not at all like what they mention in the APM Interview YouTube video. The interviewer asked about 10-15 questions from here and there without connecting anything. I couldn't answer everything in details because of the short duration. I was rejected because I didn't explained user segments. How can I do that if I am only given 2 minutes to answer a product question???
Anyway, the recruiter was very nice and she discussed other possible opportunities with me after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design Slack for a community experience,
3 favorite products, 3 Non-favorite products,
2 behavioral questions,......
Recruiter got in touch after I applied online, scheduled a phone interview, after which I was invited to the on-site interviews. The interviews were virtual and the on-site was essentially a full day of back to back interviews.