I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2011
Interview
After few (meaningless) HR phone calls, a tech phone interview was scheduled. 45 min with white board coding, usually on 2-3 problems. These could be as easy as BST recursion, or as bad as skip list implementation/application. Remember your algorithms, keeping talking(it's extremely important over the phone especially the other person doesn't know if you're frowning or just thinking).
Once passed phone interview, an onsite was scheduled in around a week or so. Starting with meeting a HR to brief you about the day, you'll meet 4-5 engineers for 1:1 technical grilling. Other people said enough about google onsites, and especially I didn't make, I'd just suggest you be relaxed, trust your skills and keep communication flowing with interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Way back years ago, I was asked to implement the NP-hard 3-set algorithm on the spot.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (München, Bayern)
Interview
Very friendly recruiter, she took the time to go through the overall process. I appreciated the attitude.
Sadly I did not match the jobs requirements so it didn't go further than the first HR meeting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical HR questions asking about experience, technologies used...etc
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
LinkedIn HR called, phone interview, then onsite interviews, HR was calling frequently to update status (good), one of the interview was just too cold, he wasn't very responsive throughout
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in May 2018
Interview
The interviewer asked 2questions.
One coding question although I wrote the package and relevant classes to be used to solve the problem. Interviewer was not happy, as I wrote code in Java and the interviewer expected it in some other language of his preference. They made me prepare DS, Algorithms, OS, System Design. And asked a non-relevant question not part of any of the subjects asked to prepare. They boast aroud their "Reduced Four" interview process. But, their interviewers need more trainings. Ethical interviews, unethical practices like the EU antiTrust fine.