I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Started out in a shabby fashion -- made me wait for a while. Didn't come across as very organized initially. After that multiple interviewers came by one after another in the same conference room that I was in. The best part of the interview was the lunch experience. Their follow-up was also slow.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
# of buses needed to transport Google employees between mountain view and bay area residences.
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.