I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
I was referred for a position that was not yet advertised and put in touch with the hiring manager who suggested a call. I was under the impression that this was to explain the position and discuss how I could be a fit. I was not told that this was going to be an interview, with an additional intervieweer present. The interview felt like they were trying to see if I could on the spot solve some of the challenges they had been struggling with for a while, without really giving me the time or enough context to understand them. I was ghosted afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions, explaining very briefly the challenges they had with an AI-product and asking me for a concrete solution.
The process was straightforward and moved quickly. After applying online, a recruiter reached out within a few days for a brief phone screen. That was followed by two video interviews, one with the hiring manager and one with a panel of team members focused on project planning and stakeholder communication. The whole thing wrapped up in about two weeks, and the team was responsive and clear about next steps throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a specific project where a key vendor delivery slipped. I explained how I flagged the risk early in our weekly status review, reset expectations with stakeholders, re-sequenced dependent tasks, and brought the timeline back within an acceptable range by negotiating a partial early delivery.
standard 1st round digital interview, they are asking about your experience, background, some behavioural questions and technical questions. and they also share a bit more about the role, culture and expectation
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.