I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google (Irvine, CA) in Sep 2012
Interview
I submitted my application through a friend who works at Google. I was contacted by the recruiter the very next day. The recruiter was very informative and detailed the entire interview process. They also give you questions to prep in advance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For a PM position, Google wants to understand your thought process. Even though the questions were very general, I felt they asked me a lot of technical questions (i.e. algorithms)
I submitted an online application and a recruiter contacted me a few days after. We scheduled a phone interview for a few weeks later and afterwards there was an on-site interview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2012
Interview
First line recruiter is very helpful and candid about the process. He also followed up with me closely. The best recruiter I've ever met. However, the recruiter who took over the on-campus interview process was typical. Slow, non-responsive, but was courteous when we met in person on the interview day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me how I monetized a mobile app which I had supervised. Kept digging on this issue even though I've plainly stated that I couldn't figure out an effective way to monetize a socialization-based mobile app. The flow of the interview got to a snail's pace.