I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google in May 2016
Interview
I got an internal referral for a position I was well-qualified for. It took about 5-6 weeks for a recruiter to reach out via email to set up a phone screen interview. The recruiter emailed me on a weekday late in the morning and asked me to sign up for a timeslot on his calendar the SAME AFTERNOON. I was on a business trip at the time with a packed schedule, so of course I couldn't make a time slot the same afternoon. I replied back to get another time set up the next week and got a reply in the middle of that week specifying a time to talk the VERY NEXT DAY. Okay, I manage to shuffle tomorrow's schedule to fit him in. When the time actually came, THE RECRUITER NEVER CALLED. I sent another email offering to schedule another time and haven't gotten a response in weeks. World-class recruiting department, A++++++, would get my time wasted again.
The interview process felt quite unprofessional.
HR emailed me on the same day and asked me to choose an interview time that day, which felt very unreasonable and gave me almost no time to prepare.
After the phone screen, I was supposed to interview with the hiring manager, but the coordination seemed to missing something.
No interview was scheduled, and I only found out something was wrong when I followed up during the interview week. I then received a last-minute calendar invitation.
After the interview, there was no follow-up at all. I finally received a rejection email about a month and a half later.
Overall, the process showed a lack of respect for candidates.
The interview process has been pretty smooth. Their HR team is super friendly and helpful throughout the process. Although I didn't get an offer, it was a great learning experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
first was a call,
Second was an assessment,
Third was an interview round.
I got rejected after the interview round. No feedback was provided, neither any ways to contact them back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did I choose to do a Master' program in spite of having a good experience?