I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
I was recruited via LinkedIn for a Technical Recruiter (FTE) position onsite in Sunnyvale. 1st step was an initial "phone-screen" with the recruiter which was very informal, getting to know me and what my current position entails.
I was notified 2 days later that I would be moving to on-site interviews.
The onsite interview was pretty difficult. I met with 6 different interviewers- it was 4 hours long. The interviews highly emphasized questions surrounding leadership ability and how you can impact higher level people- I would highly recommend being prepared to answer these types of questions.
I then received an email about a week later asking to chat with the recruiter for a status update- I was notified that they would be moving forward with other more qualified candidates.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you had to utilize your leadership skills to solve a work related problem.
You are in charge of creating a training and development program at Google... How would you set this up? What would you create? How would you evaluate if your program was successful?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Sunnyvale, CA) in May 2016
Interview
The interview process took less than two weeks. First phone interview, Onsite and Google hangout with Global Lead. Overall experience was very positive. They question to evaluate how good is your problem solving skills. Give examples to support your answers. Be ready to share any leadership experience you had in past.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2016
Interview
Pretty difficult. Asked a lot of scenario based questions. Once answered, they gave a lot of follow up questions to see how you think and to test your problem solving skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about to find the top 5 Java Developers in a certain area.