I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2021
Interview
The recruiter support and handoff throughout the process was solid and very organized. Had a couple of phone screens followed by a virtual on-site. The virtual on-site had 5 interviews: two analytical, one domain PM, two product design.
While three of the interviewers were quite warm and engaged, two interviewers looked quite miserable to be there. Also, both of them were late and didn't really bother with the niceties.
The first PM was quite aggressive and blunt, and I felt rattled enough during the interview. This felt like an Amazon bar raiser interview except the interviewer looked like he hated my presence even though this was my first time running into him. He poo-pooed my answer right off the bat and was quite expressive with his facial expressions. He wasn't wrong but it was a case of "not what you say, it's how you say it".
The second interviewer who I had a challenge with, was about 6 minutes late and looked completely checked out. My answers went over her head, and she had a good bit of challenge framing follow-up questions to keep the interview going. It didn't look like she wanted to be there either and complained about how stretched thin she is and how she needs more resources. She also ended the interview 2 minutes early which for a 45min interview was about 18% of the time
The other three interviewers were quite warm and pleasant to have a chat with. If nothing else, I'm going to be extra warm and nice towards people I interview from now on, thanks to this experience. I shared this feedback with my recruiter who was patient enough to listen to me. I didn't expect this experience from Google.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Usual questions around product design, improvement and estimation questions.
had a dumb question from a PM that wasn't related at all to the job. wasn't impressed with the interviewer. Google is too big and I wouldn't want to work there
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is a product you like?
what is a product you don't like?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Nov 2021
Interview
The recruiter called me for an interview and schedule one. Though it was a first interview, she checked in on me few days before the interview to make sure I understand the interview topic. She also put about working environment and prep docs in my email invite which was super helpful.