I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Buffalo, NY) in Jan 2015
Interview
Two interviewers were interviewing me. Both were very friendly and very personable - you could tell they cared for something that they worked for, which really highlights the overall culture of the company. Both interviewers were in high level positions, one being a leader of project manager while another working at the company for more than 15 years. Essentially the interview process was just to get a better see of…
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very long and drawn out. Asked for documents that were over 30 years old. They asked questions not revelant to the position. Recruiter was not informed on any of the job responsibilities.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Feb 2016
Interview
Even having a Google employee friend refer me for this job I had to do many rounds of interviews including a computer science knowledge test over Google hangouts video chat.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the different ways to find out the location of a user that connects to internet services through a browser?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2016
Interview
Recruiters were terrible with lots of hand-offs, but on-site interviewers were nice. I think I talked to ~7 different people before I even got on-site, which is insane. It's very difficult to get feedback regarding areas for improvement... Google seems awesome but I'm not sure it's worth the hassle.